is this a blood ring??

[lfrye11]

hey everyone!
so i’m hatching 9 chicken eggs and about 20 duck eggs. the ducks are well along, and the chickens are about a week behind(so they’ll hatch close to each other). i put the chickens in on wednesday afternoon so they’ve been in four full days. most of them are healthy and growing correctly, but one has a red circle in the inside. i don’t know if he’s just a little behind, or if it’s a blood ring. i’ve attatched pictures of one of the healthy eggs as well as the questionable one. please help!

fyi: the chicken eggs are really little because they are silkie bantams

 

[JaeG]

I'd leave it in for a few more days then re-evaluate. If that ring starts to fade it's dead, but sometimes the odd one does start out looking like a blood ring. So give it a few more days then see how it's looking.

 

[Joeschooks]

It definitely does look like a quitter. As JaeG said, I’d leave it another few days just to be on the safe side. That’s what I always do and on the rare occasion I’m surprised! Good luck with your hatch.

 

[lfrye11]

thank you all! i’ll leave it in and check again soon.