Fertile Eggs??

[Laraine]

Last season my turk hen laid two clutches of eggs, but none of them were fertile. After about 4 weeks of her sitting patiently on them I cracked them all and none of them had been fertilised. She is going into the breeding box again and to prevent her sitting on infertile eggs again, is there any way I can tell if they are fertile from the beginning.

[Smiley]

At 7 to 10 days into the incubation, you can use a pen light torch and have a look for blood veins in them..

[Laraine]

Thanks Motherhen, I'll try that. She is going in and out of the box now so hopefully this year will be successful.