Candling a Chick Egg at Day 6

Incubated eggs are candled to see how the growing embryos are doing. We candle by holding the egg up to a very bright light in a dark room. The light doesn't hurt the embryo.
This chicken embryo is six (6) days old. When you watch the video, see if you notice:
* An "X" on the egg shell - we mark the eggs with an X to help us know which side of the egg needs turned.
* The air sac inside the egg.
* A network of blood vessels (appears orange in the light)
* A dark spot inside the egg - that is the baby chick's eye
* The 6-day old chicken embryo moving around inside the egg

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[airrifledestruction1]

we looked at ours today there 6 days and they look awsome unfortunatly we only had 1 chick fromthe last hatch(3 eggs)we have 24 this time and allthe eggs weve looked at so far have a little baby chick in you can see its eyes its so good looking at them =].

[Fjellmannen2008]

on mine eggs i saw a black dot already on the 6 day