detatched air cells?

[mlove]

My shipped eggs have been in the incubator for 6 days. I candled them and most of them have detached air cells. Is it better to continue keeping them big end up in the incubator or should I lay them on their side? I appreciate any help since this is the first time I am dealing with detached air cells.

 

[ChickenPox]

When that happened to me, I laid them down on thier side, because that's the kind of incubator I have. None of the detatched air cells hatched, but then again, only 3 out of 6 were even fertile, and only 2 made it to lockdown. The detached air cell one didn't hatch.

But that's been my only experience! Good luck!

 

[mlove]

Thanks for sharing your experience. I was really hoping this batch would hatch.

For now I left them big end up so I guess I'll just keep my fingers crossed that a few make it.

 

[madrooster]

i have one that is pipping right now that has a detached cell, hes at the wrong end of the egg but hey hes still trying, so yes there is hope .

 

[mlove]

That is good news. I hope the little one hatches for you.

 

[galanie]

I have gotten shipped eggs three times now, and most of them in every shipment had detached air cells. My first batch was a disaster but I had power outages and frozen pipes and all sorts of stuff distracting me from caring for the incubator. No hatches, but some of them made it almost all the way

I put them in egg cartons, big side up. I read on here to do that for detached air cells. My second batch I got 50% hatch rate, and some of those were detached air cells.

The third batch of 14 had 9 detached air cells total on day 10, and on day 18 I had 10 that were still good. Now it's day 20 and I'm looking for pips.

So put them in egg cartons with the top cut off and the bottoms cut off so that the air cell doesn't get jiggled around much while turning and go for it. You'll turn by tilting the egg carton. Some tilt the whole incubator but I do it by sticking something under one side of the cartons.

 

[mlove]

Thank you for the help.

 

[gimmie birdies]

I think I will do that next time I run into the detached air cell, I set 11 eggs under a hen and one week later removed 2 eggs to a hatcher, one had a detached air cell and another that had a crack that looked like it had repaired it's self but I didn't trust it to under the chicken. I had not experienced air cell problems before, I get my eggs a couple miles from my house, but The air cell egg was worring me because I didn't know if it was still alive, (blood ring?) and the air cell looking like it would tear through the egg. I broke it open thinking it was dead, but it was not. Next time I will try that egg carton idea.

cracked egg is doing well, as well as the 10 blue eggs under broodies.