check the pics of my poor chick embryo.. are they alive or dead ones??

[Bency]

hey all..

check the pics of my poor chick embryo..

are they live ones or dead?? 'cause they didn't smell that bad.. moreover the yolk was also not dried.. but, its 25th day, since i kept the eggs for brooding over..

in case its stunted growth or dead ones, how old would these embryo be, when they died?? In all the 3 eggs that we cracked open, the embryo were almost of the same size...

As i had the doubt, if they are still live or dead, I didn't dispose all the eggs and left the remaining 6 eggs with my hen, to brood over... should i throw it off tomorrow or leave them?? Please tell me....

thanq all...

 

[chinbunny]

Dead if they aren't developed and hatched by day 21. Interesting pictures though. They would have been moving around when you cracked the eggs open. Don't look decomposed though. Weird. Give the rest a couple of days and candle them again. hen has been on the nest for a full 21 days right?

 

[Bency]

actually we were not not at home for the first 5 days... but, i saw her sittting over her eggs the first day, when i kept the eggs, for her to brood over.. and, from the day we came home, may be around 6th or 7th day, she has been sincerely, brooding over her eggs...

we cracked open the egg from the larger end of the egg, where the air sac is.. so, couldn't figure if the chick embryo was moving.. but, when we broke the soft transparent thing, and when the yolk fell over the bowl, the embryo wasn't moving... Does this mean that they are dead??

what do i figure by candling them?? i haven't candled one before!!!

 

[Scoop]

Wow. Fascinating picts. I think I might just learn something on this thread. Thanks for posting.

 

[Sifiso E. Hlubisfiso@gmai]

It looks like dead

 

[TriciaHowe]

That embryo died about day 12 or so of incubation. You would also know it was dead when you cracked it open because the veins would have been covering the entire yolk instead of breaking down. Sorry for the loss of your chick.

 

[Bency]

thanq all...

the viens didn't luk like it covered the entire yolk... pls check the pics n tell me, as i don't know...

 

[TriciaHowe]

It's been dead for a long time and looks to be on the beginning stages of decomposition.....

 

[chinbunny]

When you candle an egg go into a dark room and use a flashlight. You take a piece of coarboard and cut a little hole into it and place it over the light. Then hold the egg over th ehole. Be careful so you don't break it. With a live egg you will see the yolk sac, air sac, the chick, and veins. With a dead one the veins woul dbe all broke down, and the embryo may be stuck to the shell, or loose. You can tell this just by gently rotating the egg. Do not shake it or anything like that. The egg will look solid in later stages of developement. You can still see it moving though. When I used to raise chickens I would candle every so many days to remove the bad eggs. I know this may sound mean, but sometimes its doesn't hurt to open a live egg once in awhile to make sure everything is going OK with the hatch. Its just not something you want to do all the time. But kind of as a last resort.

 

[Bency]

thanq...

will try out..