Moving air pockets

[CrazyHatchingLady]

I was given 14 rare breed and rare breed mix eggs and I seem to never have luck with them... Every last one looks as if it has water and moving air pockets... What could cause this? I was sent these because of all my rotten luck with breeders and it's gonna stink to just give up and tell her there will be no pictures of the breeds she sent me.

 

[Pyxis]

Were these eggs shipped? It sounds like you're describing detached air cells, and those can happen when eggs receive rough handling in shipping.

They may still hatch, but they will require a little bit different incubating methods, and if they've been battered so much that the air cells detached, they may well have been scrambled to the point that they just can't develop All you can do is try, though.

 

[CrazyHatchingLady]

Were these eggs shipped? It sounds like you're describing detached air cells, and those can happen when eggs receive rough handling in shipping.

They may still hatch, but they will require a little bit different incubating methods, and if they've been battered so much that the air cells detached, they may well have been scrambled to the point that they just can't develop All you can do is try, though.

That's what the shipper and I was afraid of because the mailman who delivered them Aparently can't read FRAGILE HANDLE WITH CARE! He kept tossing them so much I had to take them from his hands... This makes me mad... Man I don't want to tell her none where any good and that I give up.... :'(

 

[Pyxis]

I'd try before calling it quits. Since the air cells roll around and aren't held in place, it is best to not use an auto-turner for these and instead to hand turn. You will want to place them vertically so that the air cell is staying as close as possible to its natural position, and only tilt the egg very slightly from side to side when turning. To do this, you could place the eggs in an egg carton (no lid) and just gently tilt them back and forth in the carton. If the eggs make it to day ten of incubation, the chorio-allantoic membrane should have grown enough to pin the air cell back in place, at which point it will no longer move freely about the egg.

It probably wasn't the mailman himself that did it, it was probably rough handling all the way through. This time of year is a really bad time to ship eggs unfortunately, due to the huge amount of packages being shipped. The eggs were likely tossed in with everything else and then went through all kinds of sorting machinery, etc, along with a ton of other packages and probably no special care was given to them because this time of year there just isn't time to do that with all the other packages that also need to get to their destinations.

 

[CrazyHatchingLady]

I'd try before calling it quits. Since the air cells roll around and aren't held in place, it is best to not use an auto-turner for these and instead to hand turn. You will want to place them vertically so that the air cell is staying as close as possible to its natural position, and only tilt the egg very slightly from side to side when turning. To do this, you could place the eggs in an egg carton (no lid) and just gently tilt them back and forth in the carton. If the eggs make it to day ten of incubation, the chorio-allantoic membrane should have grown enough to pin the air cell back in place, at which point it will no longer move freely about the egg.

It probably wasn't the mailman himself that did it, it was probably rough handling all the way through. This time of year is a really bad time to ship eggs unfortunately, due to the huge amount of packages being shipped. The eggs were likely tossed in with everything else and then went through all kinds of sorting machinery, etc, along with a ton of other packages and probably no special care was given to them because this time of year there just isn't time to do that with all the other packages that also need to get to their destinations.

They are in egg turner straight up.. Should I go ahead and move them into egg carton?

 

[Pyxis]

They are in egg turner straight up.. Should I go ahead and move them into egg carton?

Yes, for detached air cells I wouldn't use an auto-turner until the air cells are pinned back in place.

 

[CrazyHatchingLady]

Yes, for detached air cells I wouldn't use an auto-turner until the air cells are pinned back in place.

OK thanks

 

[Stayc]

Also, I've heard you can pick up your packages at the post office. If you call and tell them you are expecting a package and would like them to hold it. It may save the bumpy ride and mail carriers mishandling. I'm rural so I'm pretty sure it would be more difficult in a city, but worth a shot. Sorry for your circumstances. Hope it all works out for you anyway. Happy holidays