capper2013
Chirping
ok, followed the float test advice on 6 overdue eggs.
one was chirping and rolling around so it went back in the incubator.
all the others except 1 were in the viable range.
the last one sank like a submarine with a big hole in it.
I took it to be a dud, so in the interest of learning something I decided to open it up and see what went wrong. I opened it up on the air bubble end, to my surprise I saw a little beak opening and closing through the membrane.
the membrane was still in one piece although it looked a little tight, so I took the option to just open the membrane a little so it could breath. I then put damp tissue over the membrane to keep it moist (except for where the beak was now sticking through) then popped it back in the warm.
so my question is this, although it says sinkers are duds, sometimes they are not and worth checking anyhoo. does this happen often? if so why?
one was chirping and rolling around so it went back in the incubator.
all the others except 1 were in the viable range.
the last one sank like a submarine with a big hole in it.
I took it to be a dud, so in the interest of learning something I decided to open it up and see what went wrong. I opened it up on the air bubble end, to my surprise I saw a little beak opening and closing through the membrane.
the membrane was still in one piece although it looked a little tight, so I took the option to just open the membrane a little so it could breath. I then put damp tissue over the membrane to keep it moist (except for where the beak was now sticking through) then popped it back in the warm.
so my question is this, although it says sinkers are duds, sometimes they are not and worth checking anyhoo. does this happen often? if so why?