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  • DampSquid@feddit.uk
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    2 months ago

    The technique you’re looking for is called Candling. I used to do this when I made the flu vaccine.
    Its basically a light with a rubber cup on it to focus the light into the egg. Works really well.
    Here’s a random website that seems to have good info:

    https://www.thehappychickencoop.com/the-complete-beginners-guide-to-egg-candling/

    Candling will not tell you if the egg is fertilized until Day 4 or so, when the veins start to develop.

  • AhismaMiasma@lemm.ee
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    2 months ago

    Hold the egg up to a candle or light bulb, you should be able to see through most common eggs.

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      2 months ago

      I usually don’t care but that time while boiling, the egg exploded something that looked like feather , so I had this question I asked , but when I cut it I found it’s a normal egg

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    2 months ago

    Candling like others have said but also in case you didn’t know, it is safe to eat a fertilised egg. Obviously if the chick is developed it’d be quite unpleasant but in the early stages I’ve heard it tastes the same as unfertilised.

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      2 months ago

      Apparently duck eggs (but sometimes chicken eggs) with a developed embryo is a delicacy in some countries referred to as Balut eggs.