Egg with air cell on the side not top?

[Sara S]

Hi people! Has anyone had this, the chick had died half away through ncubation but how did the air ell get on the side? Thanks!

 

[K0k0shka]

Was it not on the side when incubation began? It's very rare for the air cell to move. Under normal circumstances it's anchored within the egg. You can get a saddle cell or a detached cell, in which case the egg has experienced some kind of trauma (like shipping stress) and the air cell has partially detached from the physical jostling, and is able to move somewhat, but even then it's rare for it to be fully detached and move from the ends to the side. Saddled/detached air cells tend to change shape and sort of sprawl as incubation progresses though, so it is possible for it to look like it has "moved" to the side. Either way, if the air cell isn't in the same place where it started out at the beginning of incubation, that's a sign of a problem with the egg (physical or genetic) and the chick's chances aren't good. I'm sorry your chick didn't make it, but if there was something wrong with the egg, the chick was probably doomed from the start, nothing you could've done about it. To avoid getting detached air cells, avoid ordering shipped eggs, or if you use local, handle them gently before and during incubation.

 

[Sara S]

Was it not on the side when incubation began? It's very rare for the air cell to move. Under normal circumstances it's anchored within the egg. You can get a saddle cell or a detached cell, in which case the egg has experienced some kind of trauma (like shipping stress) and the air cell has partially detached from the physical jostling, and is able to move somewhat, but even then it's rare for it to be fully detached and move from the ends to the side. Saddled/detached air cells tend to change shape and sort of sprawl as incubation progresses though, so it is possible for it to look like it has "moved" to the side. Either way, if the air cell isn't in the same place where it started out at the beginning of incubation, that's a sign of a problem with the egg (physical or genetic) and the chick's chances aren't good. I'm sorry your chick didn't make it, but if there was something wrong with the egg, the chick was probably doomed from the start, nothing you could've done about it. To avoid getting detached air cells, avoid ordering shipped eggs, or if you use local, handle them gently before and during incubation.

It did not develop to the 2nd candling but thank u! It must have started that way it was suoer weird, thank you!