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You see, my problem is that one of the eggs (I only gave her 2) is a mystery. While it doesn't look like a quitter with a blood ring, it doesn't look like a 14 day egg either. So I'm keeping it under her just in case. I am worried that it'll explode but if it's dead. On Saturday, I candled both and didn't see anything. Then I searched for candling pictures and candled them again and then it was so noticeable in one of them. I don't know how I missed it the first time, but I actually saw something moving in the egg. But the second egg is different. While it looks like there is something in there, I see no movement. It also looks smaller. This particular egg was pushed out of the nest box one day last week (I put it back under her when I discovered it) so I was wondering if maybe it is stunted from the little exposure to the cold that day. I did read that if an incubator isn't up to temp, they may hatch a little later than 21 days so I was thinking that maybe this is the case with this little egg. So rather than make another mistake, I'm leaving it alone. As I've read, would the chicken know to kick it out if it's is bad?
I do feel a little better that you say that it's a small risk of one exploding. Any other advise?
You see, my problem is that one of the eggs (I only gave her 2) is a mystery. While it doesn't look like a quitter with a blood ring, it doesn't look like a 14 day egg either. So I'm keeping it under her just in case. I am worried that it'll explode but if it's dead. On Saturday, I candled both and didn't see anything. Then I searched for candling pictures and candled them again and then it was so noticeable in one of them. I don't know how I missed it the first time, but I actually saw something moving in the egg. But the second egg is different. While it looks like there is something in there, I see no movement. It also looks smaller. This particular egg was pushed out of the nest box one day last week (I put it back under her when I discovered it) so I was wondering if maybe it is stunted from the little exposure to the cold that day. I did read that if an incubator isn't up to temp, they may hatch a little later than 21 days so I was thinking that maybe this is the case with this little egg. So rather than make another mistake, I'm leaving it alone. As I've read, would the chicken know to kick it out if it's is bad?
I do feel a little better that you say that it's a small risk of one exploding. Any other advise?
