Burst Air Sac?

[syble]

I did a search, sorry didn't find any good posts. I have read about slipped air sacs and how they can stabilize if left upright overnight i think (is that true?). I received my first batch of shipped eggs. They were bubble wrapped individually and everything. but when i candled them i see that a fair amount have burst air sacks. by that i mean a random air bubble floating around, sometimes breaks into 2 air bubbles). there are a couple others with detached(?) air sacs (meaning that they are all together but rolling around under the skin like how Mercury moves). Is there a way to fix this? is it a big problem or will they still develop? I have plans to hatch in an egg carton so they would be upright in the end. any help would be appreciated!
Thanks
Sib

 

[ChickenPox]

I had some shipped eggs that had busted air cells and only one out of the 6 hatched. Of course, 3 weren't even fertile. And I didn't hatch them in a carton, they were on thier sides. So you might have much better luck than I did! Honestly, the whole experience turned me off completely to shipped eggs.

GOOD luck! I hope you have a great hatch!

 

[anaiyuk]

In theory if you keep them upright then you might have a chance. If your inc. is not automatic i would glue a carton to some ovc pipr in order to keep them up right but still move them back and forth!

 

[minihorse927]

I have had a batch sent to me that had busted air sacs and some that were detached. The detached typically would develope and hatch. The busted air cells never developed or anything.

 

[Codyandme1]

Hey, my cockatiel egg has a burst air sack but because their is a crack in the shell above the air ask their is still air in the air sack(their is just extra air rolling around in the egg)do you think it might survive?

 

[pete55]

Hi

Here's a link to our website which has a further link for incubating eggs with damaged air cells.

http://oakgarthgeese.com/products.html

Pete

 

[syble]

a damaged air cell is doable, but a truely burst air sac doesn't hatch, they can be helped along to start, but even if they start, they always seam to die of something... i tried alot this year and i talked to alot of people, no luck

Sorry

 

[pete55]

I hate to contradict but I had 3 Dewlap Toulouse eggs this year with ruptured air cells and we hatched all three so its well worth persevering.

Good luck

Pete

 

[syble]

i never say give up, if you have space, give it a go, but with several hundred shipped eggs, and many issues all i'm saying is just be prepared.

 

[pete55]

Syble is right to consider shipped eggs as difficult to hatch especially if there's internal damage. In fairness I should add that the 3 eggs we hatched with detached air cells were NOT shipped but due to a clumsy first year goose.

Pete