Today I opened all my unhatched eggs.
First I opened my shipped eggs 13 eggs set total with 4 hatched. Six of the eggs had contents that were a soupy orange color no horrible order just soup. Two eggs were the horrible thick green of rotten eggs. One was developed to about 10 days filled just less than half the egg.
Then I opened the egg from my girls that did not hatch. Chick filled the egg, but yolk was not absorbed.
What causes the orange soup in the egg? Could those eggs been scrambled during shipping? I did not candle the eggs before setting not knowing what to look for this was my first set of shipped eggs. I did let 11 of them sit for 24 hours before putting them under the broody hen. Two others I let sit a bit longer before incubating and then putting under a broody for the last week (one of these was the partial chick one nasty green).
First I opened my shipped eggs 13 eggs set total with 4 hatched. Six of the eggs had contents that were a soupy orange color no horrible order just soup. Two eggs were the horrible thick green of rotten eggs. One was developed to about 10 days filled just less than half the egg.
Then I opened the egg from my girls that did not hatch. Chick filled the egg, but yolk was not absorbed.
What causes the orange soup in the egg? Could those eggs been scrambled during shipping? I did not candle the eggs before setting not knowing what to look for this was my first set of shipped eggs. I did let 11 of them sit for 24 hours before putting them under the broody hen. Two others I let sit a bit longer before incubating and then putting under a broody for the last week (one of these was the partial chick one nasty green).