chalaza

[fishman65]

my friend has a problem with her hens...she tries to incubate the eggs but they don't hatch..when the eggs are opened after being layed the chalaza is missing..the white stringy thing in the egg...is this why they wont hatch...is there any way this can be fixed or is it a genetic thing...any help would be great.

 

[cashdl]

Dumb question I know but does she have a rooster in with her hens? If she does then the eggs are not developing because they are not fertile.


Lanae

 

[fishman65]

rooster is present and doing his job...2-4 have hatched...only thing she can see is no white part to egg..chalaza is missing..could it be genetic ??

 

[fishman65]

anybody have a guess??

 

[mstricer]

I didn't know what that was called or what it is for. I usually called it the white thingy and I remove before using, I notice larger ones in white egg layers. I don't think they all have do they. I will be watching for it in all my eggs now