Wasting time incubating eggs..

[Shaf9]

So long story short my father is incubating eggs that are infertile. I went through candling them with a led flashlight and didn't see any embryo eye or anything, just black masses with air sacs on top. I mean I should be seeing the embryo eye or blood vessels right? They have been incubating for about 7+ days. I told him the infertile eggs will make the others go bad but he is being hard headed. The room spells like rotten egg too. I'm just wondering if there's anything else I can do

 

[kuchchicks]

If you have a rotten egg smell that is a bad sign. You don't want the eggs to explode. Yes by day 7 if the shells are not dark you should be able to see inside and see blood vessels. If the eggs shells ARE dark or blue or green, you may have a more difficult time seeing inside. At this point though I would be concerned about the smell. There is really nothing that you can do to salvage non fertile eggs. If you are certain there is nothing growing I would pitch them and start again.

If they are you own eggs, crack a few new ones open and check for fertility You should see a white bulls eye on the yolk if they are fertile.

 

[AmyLynn2374]

So long story short my father is incubating eggs that are infertile. I went through candling them with a led flashlight and didn't see any embryo eye or anything, just black masses with air sacs on top. I mean I should be seeing the embryo eye or blood vessels right? They have been incubating for about 7+ days. I told him the infertile eggs will make the others go bad but he is being hard headed. The room spells like rotten egg too. I'm just wondering if there's anything else I can do

I use this link for candling comparisons. https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...g-candling-pics-progression-though-incubation

If there is a smell the egg(s) it's coming from should be pulled or or there is a chance that they will "explode" and compromise any good eggs that you might have in there with bacteria.

 

[PD-Riverman]

So long story short my father is incubating eggs that are infertile. I went through candling them with a led flashlight and didn't see any embryo eye or anything, just black masses with air sacs on top. I mean I should be seeing the embryo eye or blood vessels right? They have been incubating for about 7+ days. I told him the infertile eggs will make the others go bad but he is being hard headed. The room spells like rotten egg too. I'm just wondering if there's anything else I can do

A Bad Egg needs to be taken out ASAP----You can smell-out a bad egg by putting your nose almost on the eggs and go up/down each row till you get to it---or them---pull the egg out gently---let it sit for a minute while your nose clears----then re-smell---if its bad you will know. Some times when smelling a row----I have a hard time telling which egg it is---meaning 2 or 3 together seem to smell----I remove all 2/3 and seperate----wait a couple minutes and smell each one till I find the bad one-----some times there is more than one bad. If its only been 7/8 days---I would smell out the bad ones---discard it/them----then wait till day 12 re-candle and throw away the non-fertile.Good Luck.

 

[song of joy]

So long story short my father is incubating eggs that are infertile. I went through candling them with a led flashlight and didn't see any embryo eye or anything, just black masses with air sacs on top. I mean I should be seeing the embryo eye or blood vessels right? They have been incubating for about 7+ days. I told him the infertile eggs will make the others go bad but he is being hard headed. The room spells like rotten egg too. I'm just wondering if there's anything else I can do

If you're seeing a solid black mass in an egg along with an air sac on top, it sounds like the eggs are fertile and much further along than anticipated - perhaps day 13+ of incubation. A longer incubation period would also explain the "bad egg" smell, which usually doesn't develop until 10+ days after setting eggs. Double-check to find out exactly when they were set. If they're into the last week of incubation (14 to 21 days), you won't see an embryo eye and it may be difficult to distinguish blood vessels.