What end's up?

[McGoo]

I've been candling my eggs (day 7) and seem to see some really good development and others seem like duds.

Some of the eggs don't seem to have a short snout on one side and a more pointed side - they are symetrical. How do you know how to put them back into the bator? Which side up? Or doesn't it matter?

ps. I have one group of eggs that have what appears to be a very speckled shell and there doesn't appear to be any development in most of them. Could a thinner more porous eggshell cause this problem?

Thanks for any insight. I'm saddened to not see some development after 7 days.

Oh, also how long can you leave the egg out of the bator for candling?

 

[Pine Grove]

Put the eggs back in with the air cell up. Allowing the eggs to cool for 30 or so mins. wont hurt them at all

 

[speckledhen]

If you can't tell which is the aircell end, you'd have to candle them and see. Aircell always goes up.