Should an embryo be jiggly or fixed?

[kslizza]

Hello, my name is Kelly and I'm a candling addict. First time incubating and I've just got to know what's going on! It started because six hours after set my bator was up to 109 for at least an hour* and I was certain I'd cooked them, so I candled on day 4 and most of them had the spider veiny thing going on. I was so excited I hadn't killed them, that I couldn't pass up another opportunity to screw them up. Eight of my eggs are from a free test dozen so I'm trying to keep my candling to just those and leave my $$$ eggs alone (mostly). I'm on day 6 and I noticed that some of the spider "bodies" are free floating within the "leg" structure (they'll wiggle back and forth) and some are stuck in one spot. I don't know if the jiggle is bad or good? I thought perhaps fixed ones are stuck to the shell because I didn't turn them often enough? When you turn eggs, which part specifically are you trying to keep from sticking?

Thanks for any help!

*Why would you leave it at 109 for an hour, you ask? Well, I read the article that said in big shouty letters not to adjust the temperature for 48 hours after set. So had my husband so he kept telling me to leave it alone. Common sense prevailed since the article had explained that the temperature would DROP with the introduction of the eggs and I discovered that my preferred turning method of tipping the whole bator triggered the heating element to be on constantly.

 

[ang3lb0y]

If there's no blood rings or cloudy eggs, leave them in the bator. The "jiggly" embryos you're seeing are a sign that your embryos are not sticking to the egg membrane (which is good). If some embryos are stuck to the egg membrane, they'll die. So flip them over more often (do not tilt the whole bator ). If you need help on incubating, you can message me.

 

[kslizza]

Thanks for responding. I'm pretty good at researching, but I haven't been able to suss out an answer on this one. But I need to clarify. They're not moving on their own, it's when I'm rolling the egg back and forth that the center of the mass shifts. But on the fixed egg, the center doesn't shift at all.

 

[ang3lb0y]

I've fixed my post for you

 

[cmfarm]

I find that when I candle eggs it can vary. Some move around a lot and some are more fixed in place. Sometimes it can mean they are stuck in one place, but often times they are ones that just move less.