Diary & Notes ~ Air Cell Detatched SHIPPED Chicken Eggs for incubation and hatching

[wilmascluckmom]

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[ozexpat]

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[Amberjem]

 

[WVduckchick]

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You may have gotten the answer to this elsewhere by now, but if not, try hitting the "desktop" mode at the bottom of the page. Its not great for viewing on a phone, but you can insert a pic, post, then switch right back.

 

[LadyHawkeAvry]

I ended up with an unusual air cell detachment. I am used to hatching shipped eggs, and let them sit for a day or two and verify attachment of the before starting incubation. I left them in the incubator large side up for the first five days of incubation before moving them to their sides, as this is preferred for waterfowl incubation. At a day 7 candle, I noticed what appeared to be a detachment of the air cell in a developing egg. I rechecked at day 9, to find the cell on the side of the egg. Even moving the cell a bit towards the top of the egg resulted in it moving the delicate vasculature. Out of 4, one egg from the batch was infertile, and another was a very early quitter. The third looks to be developing the ring of death, so I am likely down to my last egg from this batch. I am concerned that adjusting the position of the air cell by placing the egg upright will tear the small vessels and result in the death of my last embryo. This is a SQ call duck egg, so it will already be a guaranteed assist. I am considering pulling it from the auto-turning incubator and placing it in my hand turn one, so I can slowly angle the air cell up for the remainder of the incubation period (it is about 1/3 of the way through). I would, however, be stopping all turning at a very early age by doing this. I have had experiences with normal embryonic development in non-turned eggs, as I assisted with research work on embryonic development in chicken embryos. We fenestrated the eggs, and therefore, did not turn the eggs, letting the embryos fix into one spot for viewing through the fenestration. We had chicks hatch under these situations, which I brought home and raised into healthy hens. Aside from my research experience, however, I have not had any experience with allowing an embryo to fix in place during incubation. Has anyone else dealt with a displaced air cell in this manner?

 

[BusyBearMama]

I just found this thread O-O (<- me reading intently)

 

[Sally Sunshine]

It's a window 521 phone

@wilmascluckmom how did it go?

 

[Sally Sunshine]

I ended up with an unusual air cell detachment. I am used to hatching shipped eggs, and let them sit for a day or two and verify attachment of the before starting incubation. I left them in the incubator large side up for the first five days of incubation before moving them to their sides, as this is preferred for waterfowl incubation. At a day 7 candle, I noticed what appeared to be a detachment of the air cell in a developing egg. I rechecked at day 9, to find the cell on the side of the egg. Even moving the cell a bit towards the top of the egg resulted in it moving the delicate vasculature. Out of 4, one egg from the batch was infertile, and another was a very early quitter. The third looks to be developing the ring of death, so I am likely down to my last egg from this batch. I am concerned that adjusting the position of the air cell by placing the egg upright will tear the small vessels and result in the death of my last embryo. This is a SQ call duck egg, so it will already be a guaranteed assist. I am considering pulling it from the auto-turning incubator and placing it in my hand turn one, so I can slowly angle the air cell up for the remainder of the incubation period (it is about 1/3 of the way through). I would, however, be stopping all turning at a very early age by doing this. I have had experiences with normal embryonic development in non-turned eggs, as I assisted with research work on embryonic development in chicken embryos. We fenestrated the eggs, and therefore, did not turn the eggs, letting the embryos fix into one spot for viewing through the fenestration. We had chicks hatch under these situations, which I brought home and raised into healthy hens. Aside from my research experience, however, I have not had any experience with allowing an embryo to fix in place during incubation. Has anyone else dealt with a displaced air cell in this manner?

I had a set of eggs sit and only 3/4 hatch only because I was hospitalized, but these were my eggs. how did it fair? This was a call duck, therefore even greater difference. would love to hear how you made out @LadyHawkeAvry

 

[Sally Sunshine]

I just found this thread O-O (<- me reading intently)

The ENTIRE THREAD?????

 

[BusyBearMama]

The ENTIRE THREAD????? 

Most of it I skipped over some conversation type stuff and all the quoting and ...and what not... Now I Must hatch ALL the CHICKS!!!! Lots of good info here!! I'm currently trying to get the humidity stabilized in my incubator and I like the idea of using dishes and a plunger with a tube... I think I might dig around in my 'tool' box and see if I have anything like that!!