How to tell whether an egg is fertilised or not

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How can you tell whether an egg has been fertilised or not?
Well you can incubate it and see if a baby chick grows inside (although that's not foolproof, if a chick does grow that's proof the egg had been fertilised).
Or you can open the egg and look at the little white dot on the yolk.
In an unfertilised egg, the dot (the germinal disc) is small and dense.
In the fertilised egg, even just after being laid, without any incubation, the germinal disc (also called the blastoderm) has begun to grow and is about 5mm in diameter, less dense, and often surrounded by a darker halo in the yolk - it looks like a bullseye.
Here are some examples so you can learn to identify fertile vs non-fertile eggs.

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This was the most fascinating and informative video! Understanding the anatomy of an egg is going to be so helpful when my family and I go to raise our own chickens! Thank you so much for taking the time to make this video!

brandi
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Always learning from you, Madame. Excelent videos. Regards from Pedro in Lisbon

albacorao
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This is the my best video, well explained with samples.
I checked one of my eyes and the germinal sac was 4mm. I was so happy. At least I can differentiate between fertile and non fertile eggs.
Can't wait to welcome my chicks.

ireneo
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Very informative and well laid out video. Thanks!

LANNOULA
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Beautiful video. Very informative. Didn't have the faintest idea till date. These kind of videos deserves some sort of prizes .👌🙏

samueljacopastoria
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Wonderful video. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

DoubleQz
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Thank for this information, your videos are very informative

iamshaarifkhan
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This was an amazing video!!! Answered all my questions!!

joshuabellamy
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Well, another great, helpful tool. Thank you, Young Lady!
Your excellent tutoring ensures we’ve all become “Egg-spurts”!
I now have some of those beautiful Light Brahmas. I raised from chicks and sold 6 of the 8.
I got that infectious chicken flu….I get too many chickens! I did make a tidy bundle on their sale to a good home.
They remind me of ships on the water, moving about so regally until they spy me and clamor over for attention!
Take care and Regards from New Mexico!

loa
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Another excellent vídeo!!! thanks for sharing your knowledge and experience, best regards

vivianamargalot
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Great to know. Now I need to test to see if any of mine are fertilized. 😊

rd
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Thank you for the video. I had no trouble finding the fertilized or not fertilized egg in all the ones you showed, except the last one (that you cracked). For some reason I thought it was fertilized. Watching the video again, I still was able to tell all except the last one. It still looked fertilized to me. What am I doing wrong?

regisrules
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Thanks for nice video, Simple and easy, hopefully We will have some chucks this years 🥰

LUKASSABET
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Very informative and very nicely explained🎉

alphamoron
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I'm unable to not see the bullseye on the last one lol

saethman
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It's very interesting to know about eggs, I'm glad to know the facts that it is simple and quickly clarified, Kudos for your Efforts 🎉✨

kingofinnocent
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i like yr videos, thank you. one dumb question...is it ok to eat eggs which have been fertalized? common sense tells me that it is, but im just not sure.

herb
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I love your videos!! Thank you... I’m a newbie

CR.
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Excellent explanation mame. How can u see with candle?

roselynsimbabure
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Love you tutorials. So looking forward to raising some chicks.

tania