hey i thought these were very clear pictures of the difference between a fertilized egg and a non... as this was a recently layed egg it could either be fertilised or clear as it's too early to tell but i took the picture of it to show the clear difference for people interesting in candeling their eggs without knowing what to look for... the second egg is quite far on in the devolpment of the chick so don't expect all eggs to look like this but it was a rather hard job taking a picture of the veins developing inside but atleast you have some idea what to look for:)

(clear looking egg too early to tell or unfertilised)

 

 

(clearly fertilised well developed egg)

in the first picture l see some very small veins so it would be fertile.

i see some too... Great pics though, i cant ever get a good shot when i candle, so it was nice to see these!

Nice Pics

helpful picture but also keep in mind if you can candle without touching the eggs it is better, so only do this once if need be around the 5 day mark to see the small veins.

Good pictures. But it's strange for me, I've had two tiel's eggs like the second one - with half of the egg dark, they were like this when they were newly layed and nothing hatched. I thought they were rotten :sad:

Edited August 10, 200717 yr by Zebra

Great pics.. the first egg is definitely fertile. As for the second, to me, the air pocket looks way too big for it to be a viable egg. If you can get to one of the local club meetings, Libby, it would be worth investing in a flexi torch so that you can candle the eggs without touching them.

 

 

Feathers.

Thanks for that Libby.....a very good posting to show what candling is and what to look for.....well done...

Yes a fair chance,the 2nd photo may be dead in shell.But for the exercise it showed a full ege.

Nice Pics Very clear to see aswell!

 

 

~*sophia*~

thanks wasn't sure on how to do it but now i do