egg with no air cell?

[spish]

just been candling my eggs and discarding the no hopers..but have came across one that has no aircell showing at all? im guessing theres nothing growing in there but am too afraid to crack it open for a peak of what could have happened in case it explodes on me!

what would cause an egg to have no aircell?

 

[Mahonri]

A "hard landing" when it was laid?

 

[spish]

could be but i dont know..i wasnt there

didnt realise a hard knock could cause no air cell? does it burst it or something?

 

[Mahonri]

yup they can be "detached"

 

[spish]

ah ok, i didnt know that!

many thanks for the quick reply.

 

[shelleyd2008]

Did you look around in other parts of the egg? I had one that I collected from a broody's nest, she'd been sitting it about a week. However, the egg had been donated to her by another hen so she left the nest with her day-old baby and left the eggs. I brought the eggs in and put them in the incubator. I know I candled to make sure any were developing but apparently I missed this one. It has 2 air cells, one on the pointy end and another on the side. I have no idea how that happened.