A sad day indeed...

[gambit2178]

I let one of my girls sit in two eggs. She has been doing a great job for 5 days, today the other hens decided to lay their egg in the same nest, well momma grab them and happily kept them warm, when I did my morming collecting, I accidentally took one of her eggs, which I had marked with the date...in the process of putting it back it slipped off my hand and cracked open...my heart broke into little pieces as I saw what could have been my first chick...

 

[ParadiseFoundFarm]

Aww. So sorry. If you have children, it could be a learning experience.

 

[Sphinx]

That would be so heartbreaking. I'm sorry.

 

[Kevin565]

 

[Reyvaughn]

Aw! I cracked one of mine, but never actually broke one. I did kill 52 eggs, thanks to a faulty LG incubator, several power outages and many days of spiked 97+ degree summer days.

On the other hand, no offense, but it's kind of cool to see what a chick looks like on day 5. I wondered what that black spot was when I candled my eggs on day 7...

 

[Sphinx]

Actually, I suspect that's more like a day 7 or 8.

Here's a link to eggs cracked open, day by day, to show progress.

http://eggcartonlabels.blogspot.com/2011/04/chicken-embryo-development-graphic.html (This is cracked open eggs, going day by day, so it is a little graphic)

 

[theoldchick]

That is heart-breaking. Sorry.

 

[annie3001]

so sorry. dont beat yourself. accidents happen.

 

[Balefire]

I'm so sorry for that happend to you

and I agree, I lost one of my RIR to a hawk today

 

[suzeqf]

I had the same thing happen except the eggs got broken by my special roo what was half blind and deaf and he got freaked out by a storm and started freaking out and flying and hoping everywhere and he knocked the nest over while I was getting things ready so i could move her nest it's heartbreaking but a good teaching moment I showed my daughter and she thought it was a very cool thing to see.