Things You'll Need
- Turkey egg
- Flashlight
- Dark room
Instructions
Take the turkey egg and a flashlight into a dark room. The room should have as little light as possible coming into it.
Hold the egg in one hand. Shine the flashlight up from the bottom of the egg while holding the light close to (almost touching) the egg. This will produce a shadow of what is inside the egg.
Rotate the egg as needed to get a better view. But do not hold the egg up to the hot light for more than a minute or two; you don̵7;t want to cook the egg.
Take a close look at the shadow. Viable eggs will reveal a shadowy outline of the developing chick. At first it will look like a dark spot with veins radiating out. If it has been a week or two since the hen laid the egg, you may see the chick move.