Egg turned red

[tonini3059]

In the past week I have had 3 of my eggs turn a blood red color. They were growing fine and then just turned red and died. What causes this and how can it be prevented? I am new at this.

 

[jab91864]

I've had eggs turn black inside. You're not talking about a mass or red veining are you ?? Or do you mean a red ring inside.... like it died right off early in the incubation process??

Julie

 

[tonini3059]

No it is not veining. Two were due to hatch in two weeks. They were fine in the egg moving around then I notice the egg turn red and when I candled it it was black/red looking and smelled bad.

 

[jab91864]

Smelling bad is always a bad sign. Those eggs scare me. Years ago I had one burst on me... never again ack!!


There is a LOT that can go wrong during incubation. It would be very hard to pin point exactly what happened. Have your temps and humidity been steady ???

Julie

 

[tonini3059]

Yeah everything has been constant. My first hatch that never happened and this is my second and I lost 3 eggs already. I candled them all and they are moving around but I am scared more are going to do that.

 

[CindyS]

Usually it means bacteria have invaded the egg.

 

[tonini3059]

Is there a way to prevent it?

 

[tonini3059]

And then did it invade after they started growing or was it there from the beginning and then just took off so to speak?

 

[the1much]

sometimes it has nothing to do with the way they've been kept,, sometimes you get weak genes, some problems with mom/dad could have made it happen.