Air sac is a mess (from shipped eggs). Suggestions for hatching

[clacasse88]

I would appreciate any feedback on your thoughts on whether to let these hatch out normally or to keep them stationary in egg carton to hatch. This is my first batch hatching shipped eggs. The air sacs look horrible, but the chicks seem ok. Friday will be lockdown on these eggs. Anyone else have this situation?

 

[faykokoWV]

I just finished hatching eggs that had terrible airsacs. They looked almost clover shape and took up over 1/3 of the egg. Out of13 eggs, six were clear, 1 pipped and died in the shell, one developed but never pipped and 5 hatched. Most of the advise I received advised letting the eggs set for a day before putting them in the incubator and jacking up the humidity to minimize the airsac getting even bigger. I had other eggs in the incubator though so I couldn't increase the humidity without affecting them.

All i can say is keep them in and hope they hatch! Good luck

 

[MagsC]

I have heard the ones with messed up air sacs need more time to settle than the others? 24 to 48 hours.

 

[clacasse88]

Thanks for your advice. Unfortunately I let these eggs settle for 12 hrs. as the shipper had suggested. However, I guess it might have been most likely closer to the 48 hr. timeframe that might have helped a little more.

I'll have to try that next time MagsC

faykokoWV: I'm assuming you didn't do anything special, like keep them in egg carton and that's what you had hatch out? I'm just afraid with these wacky airsacs, the chicks may drown when pipping. I just don't want to do anymore damage. I know this may not be good at all. The good thing is all of the chicks are active & seem fine when candled.

 

[faykokoWV]

No I did not do anything special for the hatch. Hind sight is 20/20 so maybe I should have. I agree with you, a longer setting period before putting them in the incubator may have been a good idea, but then I worried about decreasing the viability after 2 days of shipping and 2 days of sitting... not knowing how fresh they were to start with.