Newbie hatcher!! Bad eggs

[VannahBee]

Like a bad egg....
You would know if you smelt it. Just put your nose to them all.
If they feel swishy, then I'd chuck them too.

Ok. So its noticable if it's bad. Thanks.

 

[VannahBee]

It doesn't look like it ever started growing.
More like it wasn't viable before it got to you. Maybe this one was a bit scrambled too.

Thanks. Yea. I guess I dont see any sign of life. Ugh.

Out of 12 eggs. 7 left.... one of them I cant see the life or veins. But I will wait till I'm certain. Before I check it out.

 

[Trisseh]

I watched so many videos on eggsplosions it scared me. I dont want my only good egg to be destroyed. I probably need to not candle as much. I guess this is a practice round. Unfortunately it's a 60 dollar practice round. I tend to jump when I see something fun. I thought about it after paying that this is a huge gamble. and when they got I was relieved but disappointed that the box look like any old box coming from ebay. Nothing special. Nothing saying fragile. And I know for a fact that usps throws packages. From one end to the truck to the other. Or in the warehouse.

What would a smelly egg smell like?

Sometimes it seems they handle fragile packages rougher just becauseso I know some sellers will purposely leave off “fragile” labels. Can’t win it seems.

don’t be discouraged though because shipped eggs aren’t known for having great hatch rates no matter how carefully they’re handled. I tell my Legbar chick that she’s a $90 chicken because she’s the only one that hatched from that batch. Haha.

Eggs that appear clear and have no swishy bits or questionable floaties, stay in until day 10 in my incubator, day 14 if I’m not 100% sure. I’ve incubated enough “bad” eggs now that I have a pretty good feel for it, but sometimes they still surprise me.

personally, the greatest danger to my eggs from candling isn’t the temp or humidity changes, it’s me dropping them! Candle as often as you’re comfortable with.

 

[bradymars]

Whenever you have eggs shipped your chances of a good hatch are low due to the handling and how there packed. What you need to do is once you get them is to let them sit a couple of days in a cardboard egg carton to let them settle before incubating. Good luck

 

[ladybrasa]

I’ve read that some people just track weight and air cell changes on eggs they can’t see in to well at all like Marans and green eggs. So if you can see the air cell track that. Some people outline the air cell with a pencil to monitor it.

 

[ladybrasa]

Oh also, I’m incubating upright and tilting approximately 45 degrees 3x/day. It seems pretty variable about success incubating upright or on side with shipped eggs, but I personally feel upright would be better with compromised air cells. (Also it’s quicker and easier for me just to tilt a tray/carton than each egg!)

Also it’s really hard keeping your hands off of them isn’t it

 

[The Happster]

It's so hard! I try not to candle every single day......I'm not always successful.

 

[VannahBee]

Sometimes it seems they handle fragile packages rougher just becauseso I know some sellers will purposely leave off “fragile” labels. Can’t win it seems.

don’t be discouraged though because shipped eggs aren’t known for having great hatch rates no matter how carefully they’re handled. I tell my Legbar chick that she’s a $90 chicken because she’s the only one that hatched from that batch. Haha.

Eggs that appear clear and have no swishy bits or questionable floaties, stay in until day 10 in my incubator, day 14 if I’m not 100% sure. I’ve incubated enough “bad” eggs now that I have a pretty good feel for it, but sometimes they still surprise me.

personally, the greatest danger to my eggs from candling isn’t the temp or humidity changes, it’s me dropping them! Candle as often as you’re comfortable with.

Thank you.
So is swishy and floats bits bad? I would think it was the yolk. But by day ten it shouldnt be moving? Sorry. Just making sure

 

[VannahBee]

It's so hard! I try not to candle every single day......I'm not always successful.

Lol. I told myself. To stop. But I want to see the miracle of life. It's so fun and cool.

 

[Trisseh]

Thank you.
So is swishy and floats bits bad? I would think it was the yolk. But by day ten it shouldnt be moving? Sorry. Just making sure

A nice circular yolk floating around is ok, it’s when you get those weird irregular shaped floating bits that swish around and don’t look like any kind of embryo should. xD nothing should be swishing around in there if there aren’t any veins connected to it. I’ll see if I can scrounge up a pic of one to compare for you.