eggs hatching have a ?

[mstricer]

Can a baby chick poo in the egg, like a baby does? I have one hatching and a piece of egg shell (tiny) looks yucky. Can that happen?

 

[neferset]

Yes. There is usually a little milky yellow-white goo at the bottom of the egg shell when they hatch for me. That's chickie poo, I believe.

 

[Nava]

and is good

 

[houndit]

When they first hatch they will have a glob of rather nasty looking greenish stuff attached by a string. It will usually fall off shortly. This may be what you were seeing.

 

[mstricer]

ewe can it hurt them? And why is it taking so long? The first one pip yesterday around four and the second one some time after that. And the one