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First candling... if I see yolk is it infertile?

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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

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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......... :cry:

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