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Candling Chicken Eggs Day 5?

Posted at: 2014-11-15 
Sounds normal soon you will have peeps if all goes well.

Day ten is a better time to candle as the developing embryo is more visible.

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So I have 3 RIR eggs going in a mini incubator and I decided to candle them today. When I did, I found 1, the early developer, had a darker spot (the embryo!) and very very faint veins around it. One of the other ones had a small darker spot, but I couldn't see veins because of the yolk, and the other looked like it might be developing, but nothing visible yet.

Does this sound normal for Day 5?

FYI: All of them have air sacs on the large end of the egg, no bubbles. They have been kept at a solid 100 degrees F with 50% humidity and have been turned 4 times a day. All the yolks are movable and not sticking to the sides.