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Candling During Incubation: The Second and Third Week. | |
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DAY 8 | duckling development image |
| From Daily Changes in the Weight and Form of the Developing Chick Cornell Bulletin 205, by Dr. A. Romanoff (1931) | duckling development image |
| What's Happening Now | |||
| Rudiment of 5th toe | wing bent in elbow; ear passages visible; can see 5th toe | ||
| legs and wings almost complete (except in size); start of feathers egg tooth | 3 major segments of wing and leg clearly visible; leg bent; feather germs: back; egg tooth distinct | ||
| Web between 1st and 2nd digits | first movements of eyelids detected; independent limb movements; feather germs: down side | ||
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| If you are not sure whether the embryo is OK or not, wait another few days. |
