Mburrows6653
Chirping
- Jul 24, 2022
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Hello!! I received an order of hatching eggs via the mail. I hatch a lot of my own birds, and have hatched some shipped eggs as well, so I’m pretty familiar with candling, checking for detached air cells, etc. After receiving this batch of eggs, I candled them and noticed “something” inside 1 and possibly a few others. I opened the first egg. Photo attached. To me, it appears to be an embryo. The breeder says no it’s a bloodspot.
I noticed 2 more eggs with the same thing, so I cracked them open as well after doing some research online and it saying that eggs with blood spots are much less likely to hatch. These eggs also had detached rolling air cells, so I figured they wouldn’t hatch anyway. Additional photos attached. I’m trying to get a consensus on whether these are early stage embryos or “blood spots” as breeder is indicating. Attached are the photos of 3 of 9 eggs shipped to me. Thank you for your input!
I noticed 2 more eggs with the same thing, so I cracked them open as well after doing some research online and it saying that eggs with blood spots are much less likely to hatch. These eggs also had detached rolling air cells, so I figured they wouldn’t hatch anyway. Additional photos attached. I’m trying to get a consensus on whether these are early stage embryos or “blood spots” as breeder is indicating. Attached are the photos of 3 of 9 eggs shipped to me. Thank you for your input!