pourous eggs

[loupan]

I candled my polish eggs yesterday before i put them in the bator and a couple of them seem real pourous is this a problem they are shipped eggs so im keeping them in the egg carton and i have something under one side so i just tilt them no handling needed .do pourous eggs hatch ok ??? any advise would be great

 

[Dingo]

I've set and hatched them, some dont set them. It's up to you, just be sure to wash your hands before handling them as bacteria may have an easier time penetrating them. I'd also candle them a couple extra times just to make sure they're developing and not turning into grenades.
I've also got mine in an egg carton, makes rolling a whole lot easier.

 

[loupan]

Thanks it sure does make it easier

so would you recomend i candle day 7 and then few more times after will i know if they have gone wrong lol im new at this

 

[ladyomaha]

ok, Stupid Question What is Pourous? I see that alot and Have No clue what that means. Sorry for the Dumb question

 

[loupan]

Well from what i have figured its when it looks all spotty when candled you can see a pic here looks completly different to a normal egg

 

[Dingo]

candling them 3 times should be enough, maybe days 7, 13 and 18.
Here's an example of a porous egg, in extreme cases the spots will look more like blotches.

 

[kathyinmo]

An image of a porous egg.

 

[loupan]

the 2nd pic is what couple of mine look like

hope they are ok

 

[ladyomaha]

Oh I see, I have a Few like that, Just figured thats the Shell, and how it came out of my hen....Are those bad eggs?

 

[Ukiah]

Yep, porous eggs can hatch. They hatch fine from my personal experience. Only trouble are porous eggs
sometimes have trouble holding humidity, and bacteria can enter porous eggs alot easier than they can
non-porous eggs.

Picture of a porous egg that I set last year: (It hatched)