Is this one dead?

[007Sean]

I'd wait a few more days. I threw out an egg like that and after I cracked the egg in two a little baby was moving around. I had killed it. I felt horrible, I always heard blood rings meant dead but it wasn't so. Just wait.

Usually if a blood ring develops after normal development of the embryo, it's a sign of an early quitter...but I guess it wouldn't hurt to let it go a few more days to be sure.

 

[Pensmaster]

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I've read a lot about blood rings and it does seem to have a ring of some kind

Doesn’t hurt to leave it in. My last hatch had something similar and it was the second to hatch.

 

[yickenscarf23]

Doesn’t hurt to leave it in. My last hatch had something similar and it was the second to hatch.

This may sound silly...but will it explode? There's a lot of ones I'm sure are no good in there with my 7 good ones and I was just going to leave them all in case but then I heard the bad ones explode.

 

[007Sean]

This may sound silly...but will it explode? There's a lot of ones I'm sure are no good in there with my 7 good ones and I was just going to leave them all in case but then I heard the bad ones explode.

If they are really old there is a chance but I think yours aren't that old, so should be ok for a few more days.

 

[Pensmaster]

This may sound silly...but will it explode? There's a lot of ones I'm sure are no good in there with my 7 good ones and I was just going to leave them all in case but then I heard the bad ones explode.

Bad ones have no veins this one should not explode. I’d be comfortable leaving it in mine. At day 18 I take all non developed/quitters out and put them into a large baggy breaking each to see what if anything developed. They haven’t exploded. I did have one explode but it got wet with me adding water to incubator and stuck to the turner.

Edit to say bad ones at day 7 would not have started like this one has. I think it’s worth a try.

 

[007Sean]

Gas build up (H2S, Methane) in the egg due to decomposing is what causes an egg to explode.

 

[Pensmaster]

Gas build up (H2S, Methane) in the egg due to decomposing is what causes an egg to explode.

And it truly isn’t a pleasant experience. Most exploding ones I’ve come across is from an old broodies nest.

 

[yickenscarf23]

Looked today and it's like all the veins are super visible again and the embryo is moving and wriggling. It was completely still these past two days.

I hope it's a tough lil birdie

 

[Pensmaster]

Looked today and it's like all the veins are super visible again and the embryo is moving and wriggling. It was completely still these past two days.

I hope it's a tough lil birdie

 

[yickenscarf23]

Good lawd! Your nails!!

I'm addicted to fake nails