Greetings everyone!
My name is Jason and I'm new here. I have a small backyard flock of silkies and one of the hens went broody 14 days ago. I noticed she may be rejecting this egg because the past 2 days I have found it cool to the touch and at the edge of the nest. It has formed this external ring of very rough red dots around the outside of the egg. The dots are very small, rough to the touch, and go around the egg long wise. I have candled the egg and the embryo is moving and internally things seem normal. It is 14 days now into the incubation by broody hen. Does anyone know what this is ? Any insight would be greatly appreciated!
Edit: All of the eggs that were set with this hen were normal when laid and the spots on this egg only developed in the past 2 days.
Thanks,
Jason
My name is Jason and I'm new here. I have a small backyard flock of silkies and one of the hens went broody 14 days ago. I noticed she may be rejecting this egg because the past 2 days I have found it cool to the touch and at the edge of the nest. It has formed this external ring of very rough red dots around the outside of the egg. The dots are very small, rough to the touch, and go around the egg long wise. I have candled the egg and the embryo is moving and internally things seem normal. It is 14 days now into the incubation by broody hen. Does anyone know what this is ? Any insight would be greatly appreciated!
Edit: All of the eggs that were set with this hen were normal when laid and the spots on this egg only developed in the past 2 days.
Thanks,
Jason
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