Dropped egg with developing embryo--help!

[peachRN]

My young son got overly excited when candling, dropped an egg on the bath mat (about a 6" drop), and it didn't crack but it immediately displaced the air cell.

We're on day 6. Yesterday the air cell was perfectly round. Now it's misshapen. The embryo was visible, but I worry that a drop like that will kill it.

I made a little hammock out of an egg carton and placed the egg back in the incubator air cell up. Any experience with this sort of thing?

 

[nuthatched]

The aircell should stabilize if kept upright.

 

[farmer90]

It's still in the early days of development. I'd put it back and see how it goes.

 

[JeremyCarlsten]

Oh man, I've been there — not from a kid dropping one, but I've fumbled eggs during candling more times than I'd like to admit, mostly with pheasant eggs but still.

If it didn't crack, you're in way better shape than you think. I'd leave it in your little hammock and see what happens.

 

[peachRN]

Oh man, I've been there — not from a kid dropping one, but I've fumbled eggs during candling more times than I'd like to admit, mostly with pheasant eggs but still.

If it didn't crack, you're in way better shape than you think. I'd leave it in your little hammock and see what happens.

I'm pretty sure I still see an embryo with movement this morning (dark shell so it's hard to tell), so I'm leaving it be and keeping my fingers crossed.

 

[JeremyCarlsten]

I'm pretty sure I still see an embryo with movement this morning (dark shell so it's hard to tell), so I'm leaving it be and keeping my fingers crossed.

Fingers crossed!