Help!

[Katiew22]

Hello everyone,

I am a newbie to hatching eggs. I ordered 6 Ancona eggs online; 1 arrived broken, 3 were severely scrambled, and 2 seemed ok. I decided to put the remaining 5 in the incubator to see what would happen. I let them sit, kept them pointy end down, the temps and humidity have been relatively stable (99.5-100 and 50%), and after day three they were placed in an egg turner. 3 didn't even attempt to develop, one seems to have a blood ring, the other started veining, but it just doesn't look like it should. Can someone tell me what's going on here?

 

[Heiko27]

I'm a newbie too but I was just reading a thread on here where they recommended that if they come in the mail after at least a 24 hour rest period or more, when you put them in the incubator they can rest on the egg turner big end up ,but not to turn the rotater on for 7 days as this helps heal the air sac if it has been damaged.
Have also heard veining seems to have a lot causes.
Sorry good luck!

 

[Katiew22]

Thanks for your reply! I read a lot about turning and not turning shipped eggs; I thought three days might be enough time to sit, but perhaps not...

 

[BaileyBoy]

leave it in there and check back on day 7. the pics may not be clear but as far as i can tell. it is developing

 

[Katiew22]

Thanks, I forgot to mention today is day seven... I guess I'll just check it again on day 10. I'm just worried that if it is bad that it might explode

 

[BaileyBoy]

you would smell if it was bad

 

[Katiew22]

Good point! Thanks!