Bad egg? pic included

[BUG126]

Me again...with another newbie question.

Yesterday was day 20, picked up the eggs from broody on tueday and put them in bator. Yesterday when I got home from work there was a little yellow gooey spot under an egg. Not wanting to open the bator I used hubby's LED maglite and shinned it in at the egg through the window. This is what I saw...I'm thinking this is a bad egg? Looks like a large airsac with not much dark area. I pointed the maglite at the other eggs and couldnt see anything in them, except all darkness.

What do I do? Today is day 21. Do I leave it and hope it doesnt burst?

 

[sparkles2307]

If its seeping I would get it out so you dont have nasty bacteria all over the inside of the bator when it does blow...

 

[redroosta]

I would throw it out. by the way, why did you take eggs from a broody to put in a bator? broodies do it best and almost always right.

 

[BUG126]

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Long story, but we brought them to a broody that we found on craigslist (about 30 mins from our house) because our old bator wouldnt stabilize. Once we bought a new one & got it stable we picked the eggs up and brought them home. The kids really want to be able to watch them hatch. We hope that of the 5 silkies we have now some will be pullets and go broody, but they are only 5 weeks old.

 

[redroosta]

I'm sorry I didn't read it correctly, you removed them on day 20. I thought you removed them to incubate them on your own.

 

[adrian]

I would check for bad smell first. Are you sure it's gooey? If the eggs are in a moist environment, sometimes dirt from the egg will drip off with any water in the atmosphere. If it's gooey, then that's another story.

 

[BUG126]

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AKKK! They all smell a little funky, they have been under a chickens tush for 19 days. If its bad I am assuming it will be WAY funkier than the rest? Like I said, I didnt open the bator up, but it looks like a sticky spot, yellow, not like dirt, although it is a dirty egg. Thanks for your help! I will sniff around when I get home from work.

 

[CindyS]

Its rotten! I can tell by the border along the aircell, it has a brownish pinkish fuzzy appearance, its bad!

 

[BUG126]

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thanks! So do I open the lid and take it out? I dont want to do anything to harm the eggs, but I dont want it to explode and contaminate them all either.

 

[lux_interior]

Yes, if its rotten and you need to throw it out, you have to open the lid and take it out! It won't be good for the ones that do hatch!