My incubator has been running right at 100 degrees and about 39% humidity.
What is your opinion of clear eggs at this point? Should I wait a few days longer?
If the contents of the egg(s) are slopping around inside, I was turning them gently while candling, is the egg good? Or bad? Or too early to tell?
If the egg is good and it is dark inside, I read that means there is a chick in it. But if there is about as much room below the dark mass as the size of the dark mass, does that mean it will take longer to hatch? Hmm, in other words: Will the (good) egg with the larger dark mass, hatch sooner than if it has a lot of light at the bottom of the egg?
These eggs are in a incubator with a fan and an egg turner. They started out in an incubator with no fan and no egg turner, I candled them when moving them to the new incubator. On 5/21 while candling, I found one of the eggs had an air sack on the side, I had hoped that since the eggs were sitting in a sort of upright position that the air sack would move or grow more to the top of the egg. It hasn't but it has grown. At this point, today - 16 days with a dark mass in the middle, does that mean the egg is still viable?
Sylvia
What is your opinion of clear eggs at this point? Should I wait a few days longer?
If the contents of the egg(s) are slopping around inside, I was turning them gently while candling, is the egg good? Or bad? Or too early to tell?
If the egg is good and it is dark inside, I read that means there is a chick in it. But if there is about as much room below the dark mass as the size of the dark mass, does that mean it will take longer to hatch? Hmm, in other words: Will the (good) egg with the larger dark mass, hatch sooner than if it has a lot of light at the bottom of the egg?
These eggs are in a incubator with a fan and an egg turner. They started out in an incubator with no fan and no egg turner, I candled them when moving them to the new incubator. On 5/21 while candling, I found one of the eggs had an air sack on the side, I had hoped that since the eggs were sitting in a sort of upright position that the air sack would move or grow more to the top of the egg. It hasn't but it has grown. At this point, today - 16 days with a dark mass in the middle, does that mean the egg is still viable?
Sylvia
there is a big difference between moving embryos and dead embryos, if you think the chick is dead just turn it gently upside down, if the yolk/body floats to the top side of the egg it mean it is bad, if it doesn't and the air cell is still at the top than you have a healthy chick.
