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Thanks. That sounds pretty gross..

We have been finding these in our fresh egg whites and my son thinks it's a fetus. I told him no.. but what is it? This is in a egg layed yesterday

Tonight I found THREE IN THE SAME NEST BOX. Yes, I made the nest box bigger and 2 are bantam cochins.. but still.. 3 hens.. the 2 bantams have been doing this a month but the austrolorpe was a surprise.

I looked everywhere. No sign at all :(

I have one that should hatched Wednesday under a broody. She ate the hatchmate, so I took this one out and put it in the incubator. It had pipped internally but was shrink wrapped pretty bad. I eventually helped it hatch this morning. It still had yolk to absorb, which it did. Now I'm noticing...

I had wire over the front of her box but she and her sister were both sitting on same nest. One of the 2 of them must have done it. Thanks.

I would guess the yolk sac didn't absorb. I have 1 like that right now and I don't think mine is going to absorb it or live. Yours looks to be walking... I had a small one that dried up and fell off but yours is huge.

I had one that looked the same as the first. It was yolk sac that had not absorbed. I put plain antibiotic ointment on it and the chick was fine.

I can't see any other way. Half the shell is there, but no baby anywhere at all. She only had 1 other egg so I took it and put it in the incubator. Very sad..

Jerking, not jerk ignore.. spellcheck.

I put boards 2 feet tall around the pen to keep this thing from jerking babies through the holes in the poultry netting. If it couldn't jury the whole body through, it just ate the head. Now it started going over the top of the 5 ft poultry net. What could this be? I have lost probably 25 young...

Update, she as 1 fluffy puff ball moving around her in the nest and one egg under her that I can't tell much about. There were several other eggs that I slipped under her when she went broody but they weren't fertile so I pulled them at 10 days. Today was hatch day, so the last eggs still might...

2 more are in egg box, 1 pipped. Should I take them out? She got off the nest to eat just now so I have a chance.

I think it is ok now or head g that way and I really can't stop looking at your silkies and cochins pictures. I LOVE your birds. I have 3 week old silkies including 2 partridge and a black along with a cream and what I thought was a Grey - may be white.. your reds are SO pretty. I'm just going...

I think so too. It is a hard little bead now that looks much better than yesterday. Definitely not moist or gunky. Thanks for your help.