Leakers or what is this?

Roxannemc

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Sort of concerned...have a large number of eggs in the bator..found a leaker last week or what i think was...pinpoint hard little yellow dots on the outside,. But inside was something. dark. BUT threw it out.
Found another the other day ...and 2 today..all in the back of the bator. Different Breeds not from the same person. I have been really clean every time i open it ..wash m y hands WELL first and going in like a surgeon. NOt touching anything.
Checked the 3 "leakers"; tonite and all have a form in there about the size it should be for its age and none smell at all.
May be my eyes but i thought i saw very faint movement in 2. .but may have been wishful thinking
Every one had been at the back of the incubator in the last last row.
What is it?
My eggs are all brown so cant see in well to see veins. EVER.Dont know what to do with them now. Out or in?Hate to kill a baby checking!!
Are they always dead if it leaks?
Any help?



 
I can't tell if they are "leakers" or not from the pictures, but myself, I never take a chance. You ever have one explode and it will completely change how you view them.

Unforgettable experience... trust me.
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I can't tell if they are "leakers" or not from the pictures, but myself, I never take a chance. You ever have one explode and it will completely change how you view them.

Unforgettable experience... trust me.
sickbyc.gif


I guess better safe than sorry and throw out. i was sort of waiting to see if they grew more at all in a few days.Hate to throw out a live one.Wish they had an odor so i could be sure.Icould open one and look but would be so sad if it were alive.Too" chicken" to do that.
Anyone esle have a photo of a leaker?or can explain what it would look like outside?Like mine?
 
I took them out of the bator and did the water test . One did have a slight smell but ...neither sunk all the way but bobbed in the middle of the water with the end up. Arent they supposed to be viable if they do that?
Just put them outside in a bag.Would have kept the one that didnt smell but it had the dots all over it not just one side so dont think it had just gotten it on itself from the other one.
 
I had some do that for the first time this year. Didn't know what it was and left it alone. One of the eggs exploded on me when I went to do lock down. Opened the incubator and heard a POP and egg shell went everywhere. I never knew they'd really explode but they do.
Also that stuff leaking out will put bacteria in the incubator that can kill the rest of your hatch.
 
I had some do that for the first time this year. Didn't know what it was and left it alone. One of the eggs exploded on me when I went to do lock down. Opened the incubator and heard a POP and egg shell went everywhere. I never knew they'd really explode but they do.
Also that stuff leaking out will put bacteria in the incubator that can kill the rest of your hatch.
Thanks for all the advice everyone.
Took them out and threw them away.
Yeah bacteria..thats what i was worried about being sent all over the bator more than explosion (but that would be REALLY bad too)
Hope my others are ok so far dont see any others like that .Had one "leaker" Buff Brahma maybe i threw it out yesterday dont see it now hummm The 2 today were LO;s same hatch date.Maybe just bad from shipping. One last week was an LO too.Same date.That BB egg puzzles me.
 

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