Help!

[NikolasGuy1234]

Ok so my isa brown is sitting on eggs and earlier today i watched her sibling crack an egg. (afterwards i blocked the broody hen off.) anyways i checked the egg and the most i saw was a tiny tiny splotch of blood. She has been on the eggs for almost 4 days. Is this normal? I candled 2 others and noticed no veins or anything of the sort... And they should be fertilized... I do have a rooster.

 

[oregonkat]

I would say it was possible for a tiny new vein to have been ruptured. I assume you took the egg and tossed it.

 

[Clucking_Caramel]

I would say it was possible for a tiny new vein to have been ruptured. I assume you took the egg and tossed it.

Agreed. Eggs are very fragile and greedy hens are sure to take advantage of that. If the egg somehow survived, put wax on the crack.

 

[oregonkat]

Agreed. Eggs are very fragile and greedy hens are sure to take advantage of that. If the egg somehow survived, put wax on the crack.

I would not re introduce the egg. If the membrane was ruptured, which it was if it bled, bacteria is already in there the embryo will die and will compromise the rest of the clutch of eggs.

 

[NikolasGuy1234]

I would not re introduce the egg. If the membrane was ruptured, which it was if it bled, bacteria is already in there the embryo will die and will compromise the rest of the clutch of eggs.

but should i be worried that they arent more developed? its been four days...

 

[oregonkat]

but should i be worried that they arent more developed? its been four days...

No dont be worried. Wait till day 8 or 10 and candle again. Then you should know how many are viable.

 

[NikolasGuy1234]

No dont be worried. Wait till day 8 or 10 and candle again. Then you should know how many are viable.

thank you!

 

[aart]

No dont be worried. Wait till day 8 or 10 and candle again. Then you should know how many are viable.

Yes...and block the broody nest so the other birds can't interfere.