Checking embryos

[LM24]

Hi. Just wanted to check before switching the incubator off that these little guys didn't make it.

The parents were sitting on these eggs and then I found them one morning been pushed out of the nest. I'm fairly sure they were sitting on them as it was going dark the night before but don't know how long it was before I found them. They were cold. I candled and saw development - spiderweb blood vessels. I think they were around 8 days old and think parents had started incubating around 3rd/4th. I put them straight in my incubator inside just in case they still had a chance. The next day, I think I saw blood rings developing. This is them now. Please can I check that they've sadly gone

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[Susan Skylark]

I don’t like the dark clumpy mass, usually means a dead embryo, especially if the egg is sloshy rather than oozy, also very light for day 8 (?). Sorry!

 

[LM24]

I don’t like the dark clumpy mass, usually means a dead embryo, especially if the egg is sloshy rather than oozy, also very light for day 8 (?). Sorry!

Thank you. Yes, sadly I didn't think they would still be alive but just wanted to double check before taking them out of the incubator. I candled a healthy egg that's a similar age, actually a few days younger, and could see that was very different with large veins.