What did I do wrong?

KBauza

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Apr 24, 2018
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Today is day 6 and all of my eggs look like this. There's a few with faint lines but I'm thinking ring since they don't branch off like blood vessels would. When I started my humidity was way too high and some of my eggs were much older than recommended. Does anyone know what I should do? Or even if there is anything I could do?
 

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Give them a few days and check again. I had several look this way on day 6 and I was disappointed...waited 2 days and it was very obvious they were in there.

Then on day 9 I candled again, saw washed out parallel veins running down the sides (unlike the branched out veins I'm used to seeing) and got sad again. Waited 2 more day and BAM! Embryos moving like crazy
 
I would also wait a little while before taking any action like tossing them out. I candled some of mine and didn't see any signs of development until around day 8, when I could see definite veining and even some moving embryos in a few. Even still, there were some that I thought for sure weren't developing on day 8 that definitely were by day 10. This is my first time incubating (day 15 today) so I am no expert, but most of my 14 eggs didn't look developed at all on day 6. I can tell you now that 11 of my 14 are definitely developing healthily, so just give them a little more time in the incubator, turning them and monitoring temp/humidity and then see what they're like in a few days. I've read multiple sources that say don't throw undeveloped eggs out until Day 14, just to be extra safe, so you still have quite a few days that it wouldn't hurt to leave them just to see what happens.
 

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