How to tell if your eggs have detatched air cells?

[gitlost80]

I just got my first shipped eggs, and after reading a different thread, I realize that I have no idea what detached air cells are, or what they look like,or what problems they cause at hatching. Someone please educate me!

 

[angelbabyamy]

I was wondering also, I have a dozen mail order eggs in the incubator and some are not. The mail order ones do seem to look different to me. Advice anyone?

 

[corancher]

When you candle eggs with detached air cell you will see a floating air bubble as you rotate the egg. In some cases the eggs will still develop and hatch so go ahead and set them and hope for the best.

 

[Tuffoldhen]

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What she says!

 

[gitlost80]

My shipped eggs are porous, so I cant really see anything inside them at all They only came from 120 miles away,and 1 day in the mail.

 

[Tuffoldhen]

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I could never tell right off the bat if my eggs had bad air cells. Some people claim they can tho. Not me. Let the eggs rest for atleast 6 hours and then set them in the bator, porous eggs can and do hatch. By day 7 you will be able to see if the air cells are scrambed and be able to tell veining and embryo. My thoughts!

 

[gitlost80]

6 of my 12 shipped eggs have broken air cells. The other 6 I cant tell.....

 

[gitlost80]

Candled last night....All 12 have Detached Air Cells, but 11 are still developing normal. I wonder how hectic Hatch Day is gonna be?

 

[enggass]

About how long before Air Cells become visible? Can you clearly see an air cell on an un-incubated eggs?

 

[gitlost80]

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When I first got them, I could barely tell they were detached, I saw that the air bubble would move if I turned the egg sideways so I knew there was something wrong. I waited to candle till day 7 and the exact shape it very obvious.I havent tipped em on there sides at all. Incubating in an auto turner big end up. I keep the the same position when candling, I put the light on top of egg pointing downward to see the air cell shape. Probably would have been obvious around day 3 or so,but thats just a guess.