Air Sacs

[silkieluvr]

Hi Guys,

Just candled my first batch of eggs and they are on day 15 tomorrow morning, so I was just wondering what the air sac should look like at this point. These are silkie eggs from Dipsy Doodle Doo and of the 10, 9 are doing perfect as far as I can tell! Wish me luck and please help me with the question.

Thanx!

 

[silkiechicken]

Scroll down the page and you can see:

http://www.msstate.edu/dept/poultry/hatch.htm

 

[Dipsy Doodle Doo]

Wow, 9 of 10 --- great job incubating, Alyssa!

Did you find what you were looking for in the link?

I believe I've got a couple of Silkie eggs here on Day 15, too.
I'll check the air cells and we can compare.

Good luck!

Lisa

 

[silkieluvr]

Yup, I think that they are right on track! I threw egg number 10 out fairly early, so I won't count it in the hatch rate. I candled and saw all 9 of the remaining chicks moving and the eggs are all almost full. I think we should have a nice outcome! Thanx so much for the great eggs!

Alyssa

Just checked again and 2 have ireggularly shaped air sacks from what I can see, is this normal because both are moving in the egg.

 

[KKluckers]

Ive had the irregular cells too. They seem to hatch just fine though. Good luck with your hatch.

 

[silkieluvr]

Thank you so much, I was so worried when I saw that, but I'm hoping I'll be able to relax now.

 

[skeeter9]

It's pretty common to have irregular air sacks with shipped eggs. It usually doesn't effect hatchability unless it is really bad (like the cell is on the side of the egg. . .)