disaster with eggs, but are they ok?

i have two broody silkies and bought 12 eggs off ebay for them to hatch.

that was a week ago. Last night was day 6 so i candled and saw veins in all 12 

then disaster struck, i got up early (working lots of hours and very tired) pulled the hens out of the bird box and gave them food. i pick them out 2-3 times a day for them to get food and water otherwise they just sit there all day...


anyway my fiance got home at 16.00 from work and said the hens were under the coop, i told her to put them back in and she said the door wasnt open and theyd been locked out all day!!!! i was gutted, being overly tired i must have not slid their door open. I was really gutted that the eggs would die, when i got home they were back on the eggs so i left them on them, thinking their was a 1% chance one would be ok.

now as it getting darker i candled 3 eggs to find the veins all ok and dark blob inside moving around inside....


does this mean the chicks are ok? or does this dark blob not mean they are alive? any advice

they were left over 8 hours without hens on them!. ive never ever locked my hens out of the coop in all the years ive had them, so gutted


thanks

i know one hen does leave the coop as ive seen go out and eat, but one i have is soooo broody, shes in a complete trance, once i pick her out and put her on the grass it still takes her about 3-4 minutes before she "wakes" up and snaps out of her trance, the dog even goes right in her face to sniff her and she doesnt flinch.

she is the best mother and most broody of my silkies though. I just do it to be safe as i dont want her getting ill or starving.

I think i will candle them again tomorrow. Am i right thinking the moving embryo is a good sign? when ive hatched before i remember seeing the embryo moving about around a week in too.

thanks

If you are lifting them, be careful when you pick them up. Sometimes they get an egg stuck on their bare skin where they have plucked the feathers and when you lift, the egg drops.

I probably wouldnt keep disturbing them to candle. Chances are the broody will kick out any eggs that are not viable in a few days.