Day 12 — Uncertainty while candling :S

[hammyanne]

Hi all! I'm on day 12 of incubating eggs from my own hens. I started with 100% fertility but here are three that I'm uncertain of... they seem drastically different in terms of development from the other eggs (those are mostly dark with heavy veining and movement). What do you y'all think?

Here are photos of egg #19, which is a good representation of the eggs in question:

 

[MountainWoman73]

Looks like they've maybe quit. I find it helpful to look up other people's candling videos on YouTube for the day I'm on. Here's one for day 12:

Skip to about 3:04, because he doesn't say anything useful for the first 3 minutes.

If I'm still unsure and they don't stink, I usually mark them with a question mark and check again in about 3 days. If they haven't changed at all, then I can feel confident they're dead.

Good luck with your hatch.

 

[hammyanne]

Looks like they've maybe quit. I find it helpful to look up other people's candling videos on YouTube for the day I'm on. Here's one for day 12:

Skip to about 3:04, because he doesn't say anything useful for the first 3 minutes.

If I'm still unsure and they don't stink, I usually mark them with a question mark and check again in about 3 days. If they haven't changed at all, then I can feel confident they're dead.

Good luck with your hatch.

Thank you!! That video was super helpful. The eggs don’t stink so I think I’ll give them another day or two. Even if they were still developing I think I’d be nervous about them being so far behind :/

 

[hammyanne]

Just wanted to provide an update for anyone who might find this thread useful in the future: I didn't detect any movement when I checked this morning, and then I confirmed all three eggs were quitters. Based on development, they looked like they quit on day 9 or 10. Not too sure why although eggs #1 and 2 were the first, therefore oldest, eggs I collected for the batch from a pullet who had just started laying in January. #19 was from a hen who started laying last August.

 

[MountainWoman73]

Just wanted to provide an update for anyone who might find this thread useful in the future: I didn't detect any movement when I checked this morning, and then I confirmed all three eggs were quitters. Based on development, they looked like they quit on day 9 or 10. Not too sure why although eggs #1 and 2 were the first, therefore oldest, eggs I collected for the batch from a pullet who had just started laying in January. #19 was from a hen who started laying last August.

Sometimes they seem to quit for no reason. I always figure it's some problem with genetics or development and they wouldn't have been healthy birds anyway, so they self-abort.