Eggtopsy Warning: Graphic pics

[Naliez]

This was the only one with development out of 12 shipped Serama eggs. Is this infection, poor incubation or regular decomposition? It smelled, but not as bad as I thought it would and not until I opened it.

 

[Bailey1204]

Honestly I'm not sure. Most likely it was just a bad hatchery with low fertility rate and such. If none of the others even developed, it's not your fault because at a good hatchery eggs usually have at least 50% that even start developing. This one was probably just an early quitter. It looks that way because you didn't open it right away.

 

[Naliez]

Honestly I'm not sure. Most likely it was just a bad hatchery with low fertility rate and such. If none of the others even developed, it's not your fault because at a good hatchery eggs usually have at least 50% that even start developing. This one was probably just an early quitter. It looks that way because you didn't open it right away.

Thank you for the response. My new batch of shipped Serama has about 50% make it so far and they're from a fellow BYCer, rather than e-Bay. They took 3 days less to get here than the first ones also. They're still a week away from lockdown, but I also purchased a better incubator (fan, egg turner, 2 extra thermometer/hydrometers) this time. The other one (LG) I'm using for a hatcher only. Right now, I have 8 local Silkie eggs in lockdown. If these don't hatch, I know that the problem is definitely not with the eggs, but with ME! Lol I don't have a green-thumb either. I've killed more plants than I can count, and once I finally managed to kill a cactus in the Mohave Desert, I decided gardening was just not my niche.

 

[goats2chickens]

Thank you for the response. My new batch of shipped Serama has about 50% make it so far and they're from a fellow BYCer, rather than e-Bay. They took 3 days less to get here than the first ones also. They're still a week away from lockdown, but I also purchased a better incubator (fan, egg turner, 2 extra thermometer/hydrometers) this time. The other one (LG) I'm using for a hatcher only. Right now, I have 8 local Silkie eggs in lockdown. If these don't hatch, I know that the problem is definitely not with the eggs, but with ME! Lol I don't have a green-thumb either. I've killed more plants than I can count, and once I finally managed to kill a cactus in the Mohave Desert, I decided gardening was just not my niche.

I think you are going to have a much better hatch this time and so am I!