Locking Bar Eglu Classic

[beckyfitz]

Its day 6 & I've had a quick look at a couple of my eggs, plan to do a more thorough job tomorrow night with a home-made candler but I couldn't wait! My pale Orpington X definitely has something there & I can see spidery veins, but I've looked at 2 Legbar Xs and can only see a dark shadow of the yolk - does this mean infertile or nothing to see yet?

Any thoughts greatly appreciated, tomorrow I'll do all 10 & make a note aas best I can of the result

Thanks

Becky x

[Griffin]

Day seven is pretty definite. No spider veins = No chick. It should be fairly clear to see.

[sjp]

the brood I've got at the moment I only saw veins in a couple of the eggs I could never make out the yolk but I could tell the clear one but I still left it in till day 10 just incase had 6 out of 7 hatch 14 days ago

[Madchook]

Are they blue eggs? It might just be you aren't getting through the shell (are you seeing the yolk clearly or is it just the hint of the shape?). I bought a high lume candler last year and I found the hardest to candle was a araucana-never saw any veining in it at all and only went by airsac- CL's were only marginally better yet marans were easier (not what I expected). Best way to tell if you can see the yolk is if it moves freely in the egg when you tip it-if so then they are duds -also the air sac should be a bit bigger by now. I would be hestitant if you haven't used a decent candler yet- nowt worse than ditching an egg you though was dud.........

[TAJ]

Some shells are hard to see through - I can tell a dud - all the same light colour when candled, but with some colour eggs it is a lot harder to spot a dub - my view is if not 100% leave in and check at 10 days.

 

Tracy

[beckyfitz]

Thanks all, I had removed the blue ones last week, was very clear after I'd checked that they were clear - free moving yolks & no darker masses. All the other 7 are still going strong - only 4 days to go!

Becky x