The debris, and I really like that description, has always been in the white and not in or on the yolk. It tends to be a grey brown color, not shaped like a pea but about the size of a pea. I'm gonna crack some eggs open this afternoon and see what happens.
I've not really played with them but my hubby scrambled one before I could take the dirt spot out and the eggs ended up being gritty like dirt. It was awful.
I have found a few eggs now that definitely have had dirt inside them. The next time I find one I will post a pic but this was a good chunk of dirt and not a meat spot. Does anyone know why this happens or how to make it stop?
Thanks for all the advise:) I thought I'd give an update. The little guy is hanging in there and is nice and fluffy now. Unfortunately he is really weak:( he sleeps a lot and I have to carefully drop water on the tip of his beak to get him to drink every few hours. He's still too weak to walk...
Hey the little guy made it through the night! there were a few times I thought he was a goner but he pulled through! I fell asleep for a while and when I got up he had scooted out of his shell and was laying with his brothers and sisters:) He's still attached to the egg by that one strand but he...
Thank you so much by the way. My daughter says thank you too as she is trying so hard to keep him alive. This attack was really hard the kids and the new and unexpected chicks was such a blessing. This little guy has a long night ahead of him. I will post an update in the morning.
Hmmm.... I have an old cooler outside that all the chicks would fit in. I wonder if I should put them all in there tonight to keep each other and the egg warm.
I know! I am so mad at him right now. Unfortunately we don't have an incubator :( the mama hen sat on these babies in secret and she was killed last night with almost half of the flock. I'm down to 3 hens and the rooster and none of the hens are broody. The chickies started hatching last night...
I had 11 eggs hatch today. The 12th made his air hole this morning and was peeping all day. I checked on him 10 minutes ago and he still had just that tiny air hole so I was going to let him work his was out over night. My idiot husband couldn't wait and decided to open the egg himself. By the...
I've been slowly taking them away from her over the last few days and replacing them with golf balls:) she seems much perkier now that the bad eggs are gone. And I swear she softly sings to her eggs as she turns them! I am loving this side of chicken raising now! Thank you for all the help:)
Thanks so much! I'm going to slowly take the new eggs away so she doesn't get upset and if the others don't hatch within the two weeks I'm just going to give her some chicks. Any clue how old these eggs are?