Black yolk sac?****pics added***

[GreenGoddess]

Actually, according to another post on here, it is quite normal... Here's the link...

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=2475593#p2475593

Goddess

 

[Cavendish Chickens]

I went to the link and it says page doesn't exist, yet shows a page about reptiles?

 

[GreenGoddess]

Sorry... I thought I copied the link.. It's fixed now...

Goddess

 

[Wegs813]

Thanks for the link! After reading it, that makes sense with what I am seeing. Now I sit and wonder what is killing the chicks...hmmm?? I still had two more eggs in the incubator that had not pipped. I took them out and decided to crack them open. Both had what looked like fully developed birds, however they both had the greenish/blackish stuff out the end, and they were both dead.

 

[Cavendish Chickens]

It's kind of gross. I read that other thread. It does make sense. And as Wegs said... I wonder what causes that? Very weird.

 

[Liamm_1]

The other thread is just a confirmation that it is not unique. No information whatsoever about the cause. Strange that not every outcome of a lost egg has not been clearly identified by 2011 A.D.

 

[The Wolf Queen]

I dunno what causes it but I get a green/black yolk every now & then on some of the ones that die.

 

[HelenaJean]

that is one of those gross/cool things. Most things birth related are!
good luck with your new hatching babies

 

[leahthor]

I don't know how many of you have every helped to birth a litter of pups but after the pups are born and the placenta comes out, if you look at the placenta a few hours later it looks just like that. Yes, I know that is dogs and this is a chicken but I think its just the normal act of decomposition.

 

[mstricer]

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I thought the dog ate that why would it still be there after a couple hours? stumped