Possible twins?

[jhebert9]

Good morning!

I got some eggs from a local breeder that are now on day 18. One egg has been strange since the beginning. I candled them all at day 7, and they all looked normal except for this one. It was alive and there were obvious veins, but it looked a lot further along, I'd origially guessed around day 15, so I assumed that one of her hens had been setting on it and she didn't noticed. Well fast-forward to today, ALL of the eggs including that one have been in my incubator, and it still hasn't hatched. I candled them all today, and it IS still alive. There are still obvious veins, not a "death ring". There is a lot more black-space in this egg, though, than the others, and less movement. I'm wondering if there's a possibility that it was a double yolker, and there are twins? I'm assuming if there were twins there wouldn't be very much room for movement, so that may be why I don't see as much movement in this one as the others? I watched a youtube video on hatching twins and see that it IS possible, just rare. What do you think?

THANKS

 

[luvmypets]

Im saying if theres twins you need to help! Also you may have a baby that is stuck.. Hopefully someone with more experience can help.

 

[jhebert9]

They've been in the automatic turner since day 1. I would say stuck, too, but that wouldn't explain the fact that it looked so full already from day 7, compared to the others who were just spider veins. I wish I'd taken a photo, but I didn't think about it at the time.

 

[luvmypets]

That makes sense hopefully you csn find someone who can help

 

[jhebert9]

I'll know by Monday one way or the other what's going on. I'm doing a lot of reading, & will help however I can with them hatching if needed! I'll keep everyone here posted.

 

[jhebert9]

No pip from the egg yet. As soon as it's dark, I am going to candle it.

 

[luvmypets]

Gl