egg abnormalities

  1. Dfarago

    Bleed out in eggs

    I have Muscovy ducks that lay and raise their own eggs and ducklings. My ducks have both successfully hatched and raised clutches separately however out of this clutch only one egg hatched out of about seventeen eggs. I candle every so often (not consistently but every two weeks) and out of...
  2. A

    Very Tiny Egg?

    I'm sure you can imagine my surprise when I found this tiny thing in with my hen's daily eggs! I've got no idea who laid it, but it's definitely amusing to look at. We've had soft shelled eggs with tubes coming off the top, soft shelled eggs, double yolkers- the works. But never an egg this...
  3. H

    Oyster shells with feed

    Hey y’all...I’m pretty sure I had an egg laid without a shell today. I’m not sure if that’s possible...but it looked like there might have been a yolk in there somewhere. But was just a wad of “something”. Anyway...my chickens are still on grower as they just turned 18 weeks and I only have 2 of...
  4. CommunistEgg

    Hen lays on coop floor some mornings

    One hen, I'm not sure who, will lay an egg from the roost. Obviously then falls and gets smashed, usually none of them pay attention to it and I clean it up. But at 5:55am it was still dark. By time I could get out to open the coop it was 6:30. They went it at 9pm last night. This just started...
  5. B

    Egg is cracked , nothing happening?

    My chickens abandoned this egg and I've been raising it via heating pad. Yesterday it has been showing signs of living and hatching , but today I uncovered it and it's been like this. No one has hit or put anything on it. Is it still alive? Is it okay? Will the rest come out soon? It sort of smells.
  6. marrgalo

    Snowflake bobwhite air cell damage/abnormality? 11 days of development w/ picture

    Hello! I am hatching snowflake bobwhite quail eggs that were shipped to me from a nearby breeder (about 30 miles away). As recommended by the seller, I did not turn eggs for the first 6 days of incubation and situated them with the pointy end facing down. I am now turning them with a roller...
    • marrgalo
    • Thread
    • air cell development bobwhite egg egg abnormalities incubation quail
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    • Forum: Quail
  7. orangesplash

    Brahma eggs size and fertility concerns

    I have a pair of porcelain brahmas. earlier I had 2 females and 1 male but now I have just the rooster and the hen. Lately a few questions are coming to my mind. The eggs that they started laying were small. They have been laying eggs since a month by now. Still the size of the eggs is small. I...
  8. M

    hen laying soft eggs and acting weird

    my almost 2 year old hen has laid 2 soft shelled eggs in a row (two separate days, not two in one day) and after laying these, she still acts like shes needing to lay but doesnt. she isnt typically a daily layer and i keep her on a natural diet but due to me recently moving had to get her...
  9. Britt712

    Very tough membranes!

    I have coturnix eggs in lockdown but I'm afraid they wont be able to make it through the tough membrane. I don't know if this is normal for quail eggs but when I cracked open some quitters beforehand the membrane was very white and tough. Kind of had a leathery feel to them. When I carefully...
    • Britt712
    • Thread
    • egg abnormalities hatching help ! incubation advice lockdown quail
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Quail
  10. AdiShakti

    Abnormal growth inside egg: help identify the problem

    First time posting and joining- I usually find answers here without the need to post- but I have found something weird I can’t find anything else like it! This came from one of my smaller Sultan hens. Came from inside the egg. To me it looks like an underdeveloped eggshell inside the other egg...
  11. Roxychick

    Eggs not hatching?

    So 2 months ago my mini bantam hen started a clutch and she had been sitting on them for over a month and they never hatched- but recently she started a new clutch of 7 eggs and i’m concerned if they will result in the same outcome as the previous hatch. Is there something i should do or am...
  12. sierraforest

    Egg laying issue?

    Last night, right before we tucked the ducks in for the night (they're protected in a locked shed with hay and water overnight), we noticed that our normally loud and active duck was very quiet and just wanted to lay down in the grass. She came running for a few treats (part of their normal...
    • sierraforest
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    • duck advice egg abnormalities laying
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Ducks
  13. H

    Help - incubating eggs - day 9

    Help - egg abnormalities I don't know if this is usual or not, I didn't notice it in my first batch of eggs, but half the egg is light-coloured like the air sac I can't ant figure out what it is.
  14. Hoopoethick

    HELP baby still in egg after 24 hours

    I don’t know exactly when it started piping but it has been in the same stage for around 24 hours. It is tweeting super loud and I feel really bad. There is a bit of blood around the pip. The others have started hatching but this one has not moved or even started cracking any more eggs!
  15. C

    Dead Embryos?

    Hello! I recently started incubating my first batch of eggs, right now my batch is on day 14 so we did an candle check and I’m suspicious about theese two eggs, #2 looks like it might have a blood ring and I’m not sure about #1. Thanks if you can help :)
  16. S

    Will these eggs hatch??

    I have 4 potluck bantam eggs in the incubator, usually do this at nursery but nursery is shut due to Covid-19 so I am doing it from home and sending updates and activity ideas to my preschoolers. So I candled today at day 10. Two air sacs are saddled (I got the eggs in the post) and one is very...
  17. I

    Duck egg not developing normally...what's wrong?

    Hi all, I found a duck egg in my backyard, which was abandoned by the mother for a week. It was around 60 degrees F outside, which I read online is the ideal temperature for storing an egg, so i figured it couldn't hurt to try incubating it in the hopes of saving the little dude. Around day 7...
  18. CityslickerHomestead

    Fishy Smelling Eggs

    I’ve researched on here and Google the potential causes for fishy smelling yolks. However I couldn’t find anything that applied to me... I’m hoping someone here can help me find the culprit! I have seven hens all a year old. Eggs laid on the 22nd and 27th of March from only my SL Polish had...
  19. L

    HELP! What is in our eggs!!!

    I’ve cracked 2 eggs into a bowl this morning to whisk, and found this in them! Can anyone let me know what it is?
  20. KippleKat

    Young layer struggling

    Hi everyone, After 7 months of research and getting all the equipment I needed I started my chicken keeping journey 3 weeks ago with a small garden flock of bantams. I researched the best local breeder based on reviews and believed I was getting healthy birds. I visited them multiple times...
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