Please Help?

[BlakeTharpe]

I really need to figure out if my duck eggs are fertile!

 

[Friendly_Lurker]

Sorry, those don’t look fertile. Maybe the third one, but I doubt it. Don’t throw them out though, just in case. Good luck!

 

[BlakeTharpe]

Sorry, those don’t look fertile. Maybe the third one, but I doubt it. Don’t throw them out though, just in case. Good luck!

Thanks so much, so how would I know if they are fertile? Those are about 5-7 days old. I know to look for veins, but when should they show up?

 

[CluckNDoodle]

Thanks so much, so how would I know if they are fertile? Those are about 5-7 days old. I know to look for veins, but when should they show up?

They don't look viable but how well you can see development will be based on how bright your candler is, how dark the room is, how thick the shell is, and what color the shell is. When I was new to candling, even if I really felt like I was looking at an infertile egg I would at least wait until day 10, even later for darker shelled eggs.

I have a really bright candler now and I know what I'm looking for so with a light shelled egg I can usually spot development by day 3 on chicken eggs. It would probably take longer with duck eggs.

Here are some of my candling images of early stages in light shelled eggs. The first image is a tinted white egg and you can see that the embryo doesn't show as well as it does in the second image with the white egg.

 

[BlakeTharpe]

They don't look viable but how well you can see development will be based on how bright your candler is, how dark the room is, how thick the shell is, and what color the shell is. When I was new to candling, even if I really felt like I was looking at an infertile egg I would at least wait until day 10, even later for darker shelled eggs.

I have a really bright candler now and I know what I'm looking for so with a light shelled egg I can usually spot development by day 3 on chicken eggs. It would probably take longer with duck eggs.

Here are some of my candling images of early stages in light shelled eggs. The first image is a tinted white egg and you can see that the embryo doesn't show as well as it does in the second image with the white egg.

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Thank you so much, I really don’t see any veins on mine so I’m really thinking these are duds. I have about 13 more from the past few days that will go in my new incubator on the 5th. Just hoping for some additions to the family! Question: would you eat the eggs that have been incubated for a few days and turned out to be infertile?

 

[CluckNDoodle]

Question: would you eat the eggs that have been incubated for a few days and turned out to be infertile?

Nope, it's not worth it to me. Incubators are the perfect environment for bacteria growth, warm and humid. While you might be ok, I would rather not take my chances and I would eat the fresh eggs.

Thank you so much, I really don’t see any veins on mine so I’m really thinking these are duds. I have about 13 more from the past few days that will go in my new incubator on the 5th. Just hoping for some additions to the family!

Good luck on your hatch!

 

[BlakeTharpe]

Nope, it's not worth it to me. Incubators are the perfect environment for bacteria growth, warm and humid. While you might be ok, I would rather not take my chances and I would eat the fresh eggs.



Good luck on your hatch!

Thank you so much