What do you mark your eggs with?

[Mwilliams32931]

Some I can use a pencil on but some I can't because the eggs are dark. Can I use a silver sharpie?

 

[Ridgerunner]

Personally I use a black Sharpie. I don’t see anything wrong with a silver one.

I don’t know what markings you are trying to put on the eggs. If it is writing, yes a hard-leaded pencil can be rough. If it is just to be able to tell which eggs belong under a broody hen and you are worried about using a Sharpie just get a soft-leaded pencil and rub the graphite on the egg in a broad line using the side of the point, not the tip of the point. A Number 2 pencil might work but if you can find a pencil with number 1 lead, you can get a real good mark on the egg.

 

[Mwilliams32931]

Thanks! I need to mark them for when I am turning them.

 

[TwoCrows]

A pencil is the best thing to mark eggs with. Egg shells are porous and markers can leach things into the shells, possibly harming the embryo.

 

[bugglesmommy]

I always use pencils myself but I have gotten Sharpie marked eggs before that still hatched well.

 

[Ridgerunner]

Yeah, I've had 100% hatch rates with normal chicks using a Sharpie. But that's why I mentioned using a soft-leaded pencil and rubbing it on the side and not using the point. That works too. Whatever makes you comfortable.