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Livestock => Poultry & Waterfowl => Topic started by: manian on June 12, 2012, 08:39:07 pm

Title: help..... failed egg
Post by: manian on June 12, 2012, 08:39:07 pm

Hi
left for work and had an egg pipping . OH went out acoupleofhourslater and found this
 
 
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what do you think

Title: Re: help..... failed egg
Post by: Mammyshaz on June 12, 2012, 08:45:04 pm

Eewwww! I've never tried hatching so no idea, but that doesn't look quite right  :-\
Intrigued to read what people in the know say.

Title: Re: help..... failed egg
Post by: jaykay on June 12, 2012, 09:04:43 pm

I don't know why they do that sometimes but I've had ones look like that and be ok. I'd open it up a bit round the beak, stop if the membrane bleeds, keep the humidity up and see what happens. Or has it already died?

Title: Re: help..... failed egg
Post by: manian on June 12, 2012, 09:17:04 pm

no he had died when hubby got to him. but sounded like a good strong pipping when i said hito him
 :'(  thanks for that tho' (we'll know to peel back and check) looked like sap from trees
Mx
 

Title: Re: help..... failed egg
Post by: Mammyshaz on June 12, 2012, 09:19:42 pm

Oh what a shame, sorry to hear that  :bouquet:

Title: Re: help..... failed egg
Post by: chrismahon on June 13, 2012, 09:08:11 pm

Never encountered that before Manian. Perhaps it pipped and ruptured the 'not yet full absorbed' sac. It doesn't look like any infection. But I would have expected blood?