egg tooth

  1. Pearlescent

    Can a Turkey poult hatch without an egg tooth?

    I have a baby Turkey with no egg tooth, it pipped and lost the egg tooth at some point. Can it finish hatching, it has a relatively large pip. Definitely missing egg tooth. I think the hen I had it under had something to do with that, but it’s in the incubator and seems fine now. Edit: here’s...
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  2. KathiQuacks

    My ducklings keep needing assistance, because they don’t have an egg tooth. Why??

    Hello BYC :frow So, I’ve been doing a staggered hatch over the past couple weeks, and during that time, I’ve had 7 eggs make it to lockdown. Out of the 7 eggs, 3 of them have had NO egg tooth. One of them didn’t make it, because they covered the safety hole I put in and couldn’t pip a new hole...
  3. Kajoda929

    Breed gender differences and an egg tooth

    First thing I want to ask about in this thread is something I am confused by...I have never heard of an egg tooth NOT falling off in the first few days of life outside the shell, yet with the breed I have here, I had many die before pipping externally because they didn't develop an egg tooth at...
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