Anyone know what causes this? The egg looks bloody and has clumps of tiny egg-like things stuck on it. My husband thinks its calcium depisits. You can see in the second picture it cleans up well. It seems to me that the blood would be from an irritated egg duct, but why is that and what do I do?
This is my first attempt at hatching. I read quite a few articles on candling. I candled at day 9 and today at day 14. Not one of those articles mentioned that I'd be able to see movement in some of those eggs! How exciting! On day 9, I thought I saw some movement but attributed it to...
Hi! Just joined. I've had chickens for three or four years but just joined. Hope to learn a lot and am grateful for the resource. I live in LA (Lower Alabama), southeast corner of the state to be more exact. I have Delawares and Cornish Game. Have had Dominiques & Rhode Island Reds in the...