Orange/Yellow Liquid in incubator on day 20 lockdown - HELP!!!

[JohannaB]

hello we are at The end of day 20 of our hatch have been in lockdown for a few days and everything was going well with two chicks piping and lots of peeping They are about to hatch I believe.

I have suddenly now just noticed a bright orange yellow coloured liquid on the incubator floor that seems to have come from the bottom a silkie egg that we candled on day 17 and seemed fine.

what should we do?? Remove or leave alone? Will it be damaging to the new hatchlings?

thanks for any help

 

[hysop]

I would get that egg and remove it and inspect it asap. It might be bad and leaking. Let us know!!

 

[BirdsBeesTrees]

I had one that hatched like that, it was a shipped egg.

 

[BirdsBeesTrees]

It was gross and sticky, the chick was alive a few days and died. Obviously not a great sign.

 

[JohannaB]

Thanks so much for the replies everyone all the chicks hatched!! Hopefully the liquid won’t bode badly....

 

[hysop]

That’s awesome. So what was the liquid?