bad eggs

  1. Janeothejungle

    Shipped Eggs, possibly scrambled, how long until def bad?

    New to incubating bird eggs and could not tell much from candling my shipped chicken eggs on day 1. How many days in the incubator before they make it known that they are definitely bad? I'm on day 3 and worried because none of them smell yet, but they can't all have made it ok. Thanks in advance.
  2. H

    Fresh gathered eggs have partial developed parts.

    We sell our fresh eggs. We gather them every night and wash and refrigerate them. The people we sell to prefer them refrigerated. If we find a surprise bunch of eggs that we missed or were laid outside of the coop, since they free range, we candle them or do the water test. I have had several...
  3. M

    Duck Egg Help!

    Hi all, This is the first time I have posted on here. I need some advice about some duck eggs that I am currently trying to incubate (in a box with lots of radiators around it and damp towels). A duck nested in a flower bed on the train platform where I work during lockdown (was so quiet she...
  4. AlyssaInWonderland

    Help, Muscovy eggs passed 35day mark and no hatching

    Hello y’all, my mama Muscovy has her very first clutch, she has never laid before. She was sitting on 4 eggs. We are past the 35 day mark, we’re actually at day 39. We have candled the entire process and we saw good air sacs, we got good development, heartbeats. For the last week or two we...
  5. Muscovy-palooza

    Need help: Water candled bad eggs need to break broody hens.

    I have 3 muscovy that have become so broody that some of their hatchlings were left to fend for themselves once they hopped out of the nest. I took them in and put them with Stevie, one that i had to take in due to health issues. The nest was in a kiddie pool so I am wondering if that was a bad...
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    • abandoned ducklings bad eggs broody hens ducks help kiddie pool nest muscovy water candling
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Ducks
  6. emilyenorris

    Candling eggs - I don't think these are still alive.

    I have two broody silkie hens sitting on eggs. They are not all due to hatch on the same day. I did not pick up eggs for a few days and these two rolled them into their nest. I have had one hatch, one that got cracked near hatching, and 10 more to go. I have seen movement in 7 of them. Not sure...
  7. S

    Waiting on a few last eggs...

    Alrighty! I've got 5 chicks that have hatched out of my incubator (they're in the brooder now), but I'm still waiting on 5 eggs. It's day 23. My incubator is in my classroom, so I'll be gone over the weekend. Should I leave the eggs in the bator or should I take them out? I still have some duck...
  8. orangesplash

    All eggs go bad during transit-True!

    So, i got about 48 eggs of various breeds & i was candling them today as its the 7th day--Believe it or not!!!! I didnt even find a single egg withe veins... they were empty like hollow bones :( I am so upset.... The story of the eggs' transport:- The eggs came in public transport & the...
  9. Willie84

    Having issues hatching under hens

    so lately I have had problems getting my broody hens to hatch eggs. I'm now thinking it's me not the birds. I have had 3 hatch out of 24 eggs. With two different hens. Are there any tips that someone can share to ensure I get a better hatch rate
  10. Lag1361

    Floating eggs

    Hi! I'm fairly new at raising chickens and hope someone can help me concerning some "bad" eggs I've been collecting. I collect eggs and put them in a basket on my counter. If the basket gets full I will wash the eggs and put them in the refrigerator so they last longer. I put them in a bowl of...
  11. hecken

    Muscovies dying before hatching

    Hi, I'm hoping someone can help. For the second time, I've allowed one of my muscovy hens to sit on eggs. It's now day 39 with no sign of ducklings so I candled the eggs. It looked like black fluid in the egg and it smelled so I took it and cracked it. First tap, the shell came off but the...
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    • bad egg bad eggs dead duckling failed hatch hatching hatching ducks
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Ducks
  12. S

    Egg Woes and We Just Can't Figure It Out

    Either we've been luck all of these years, or this is rare.. We've had egg laying birds for over a decade now. We are a small, mixed organic farm. Our present layers are a mix of heritage breeds. They've been with us for just over a year now. We have 18 hens and one roo. They all look happy and...
  13. D

    Bad Eggs??

    I found a nest of about four eggs, left alone, My neighbor came over, insisted that we gather the eggs, we place them into a brown bag, but within five minutes, some exploded and the scent was nasty!, it seem to stay with me for hours afterwards. What went wrong? and why the smell?
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