Blood ring?

[romea]

Blood rings are fairly rare, both your eggs are dead and you’ve correctly identified the blood ring and lack thereof, sad to lose eggs but good learning experience.

Can you please elaborate on why they are rare? I just experienced my first blood ring and would love to understand why this happened.

 

[FunnyBunny89]

Can you please elaborate on why they are rare? I just experienced my first blood ring and would love to understand why this happened.

I had a blood ring on one of two eggs that my hen hatched a month ago. At the time I didn't know what it was, but she often moved nests and I had to place the eggs back under her. I read that too much movement can dislodge the blood vessels and cause it to die. I have another four my second broody hen is sitting on and she's staying put, but one of the eggs I candled today (day 7) looks like it has the same ring the previous egg that died had. So I will have to check again in a few days.
I think sometimes babies just don't make it.

 

[romea]

I had a blood ring on one of two eggs that my hen hatched a month ago. At the time I didn't know what it was, but she often moved nests and I had to place the eggs back under her. I read that too much movement can dislodge the blood vessels and cause it to die. I have another four my second broody hen is sitting on and she's staying put, but one of the eggs I candled today (day 7) looks like it has the same ring the previous egg that died had. So I will have to check again in a few days.
I think sometimes babies just don't make it.

Are the eggs clean? If not, maybe it would help to sanitize them with a mild bleach solution. I keep reading that bacteria can be a cause of blood rings.

 

[Debbie292d]

Can you please elaborate on why they are rare? I just experienced my first blood ring and would love to understand why this happened.

A blood ring is usually just a quitter. They occur during their first week of incubation, usually the first couple of days, but most of us don't candle until the 7th day. They start developing, then die, so we call those quitters.

Yes, it can be caused by bacteria, but for a while I was sanitizing my eggs and would still on occasion get one. It's sort of a fact of life when incubating eggs. It's not rare, but it's not common either, if that makes any sense.

 

[FunnyBunny89]

Are the eggs clean? If not, maybe it would help to sanitize them with a mild bleach solution. I keep reading that bacteria can be a cause of blood rings.

The eggs are clean. The nests are always clean, very rarely do they get poop in them and I change them out immediately.