What is in this egg?

[Silkie_Lover1]

Lots of reasons, many of them natural and to be expected. Just like in millions of other species, including mammals, some eggs just aren't viable, fertilized or not. I guess that's why birds lay so many eggs. Some just plain don't thrive. That may have been why the egg was damaged, too. If a hen senses a problem, she can reject an egg. Regardless, @MagpieDucks has the right idea. Candle at 7 days and go from there. There are lots of good reference charts here on BYC.
Good Luck! And please keep us posted. Hatching is so neat to follow ... even if we're just doing it through watching someone else's little egglets grow!

The egg will be dark and should see veins. Non-developing eggs at day 10 are obvious, the glow when candled.

ok, I will candle tomorrow on day 7 and Thursday on day 10. Wish me luck!

 

[Unicorns and Satyrs]

I think whats making it look green is the blue thing its sitting on top of. Yellow and blue make green...

 

[Silkie_Lover1]

I think whats making it look green is the blue thing its sitting on top of. Yellow and blue make green...

It's sitting on my counter which is black.

 

[Silkie_Lover1]

I went ahead and created a new thread
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/my-first-time-hatching-eggs.1293709/