Blood ring on day 8

[TommyVT05]

Last night, I candled my eggs in the incubator and all 16 have movement and all the growth looks identicle. A big "whatever" it is, moves back and forth in the eggs, pretty cool.

Only 1 stood out from the rest. Its a lot clearer than the rest, has one big DOT in the middle and clear blood rings are around the yolk. This is the only egg I didn't see movement so I decided its a dead egg. So,

I craked it open to see. The chicks is really small, only the big head and eyes are obvious. I can see the small wing and legs start to form. I see things upclose REAL well, so yeah. It looked interesting.

Anyhow, after examining the egg, I could see, the egg indeed has a bloodring @ day 8.

Is that normal?

- Tommy

 

[twigg]

Yes, it's normal.

There are a myriad of reasons why an egg may begin to develop, then fail. If the vast bulk of a hatch are progressing normally, and one dies, then it is a fault with the egg generally.

Rough handling can kill an egg, but it is far more likely to be a problem within the egg itself.

 

[TommyVT05]

OH!!!

I see. Perhaps it lacked nutrition when that particular egg was laid perhaps?
Hopefully, I can pin-point the problem so I can learn from my mistakes.

By the way, is there a major difference in hatch rate between normal colored egg that one hen lays versus once in a while dyed out looking one?

- Tommy