Reject Hatching Eggs - aka "The Undesirable Egg Experiment"

[Clearwater Chicken]

we have some mixed maran hens that look just like that

 

[CluckNDoodle]

we have some mixed maran hens that look just like that

He was definitely a roo, lol. He was crowing before I rehomed him. I don't seem to have any pictures of when he really developed those pretty sickle feathers but he was gorgeous! Marans roosters are some of my favorites! I can't keep the roos on my property where I live at the moment though. Some day!

 

[Clearwater Chicken]

thats sad he is really pretty

 

[Ekck]

Good job, and so fun to follow! I told the story of this egg-speriment as the children's story in church today with the moral being that we don't have to be perfect on the outside for God to be able to bring something good out of us. The church loved it, so thanks!

That's a great idea for Children's Story!!! Are you SDA too?

 

[electrycmonk]

So what's the current status now that they are a few days old????? Pic's w/names would be most awesomeness incarnate.

 

[CluckNDoodle]

So what's the current status now that they are a few days old????? Pic's w/names would be most awesomeness incarnate.

They're all great! Rocket and Sticky went home with a friend along with most of the other chicks. I still have two peeps that I put with my broody hen but they don't have names yet. I'll get some pictures later today but she takes them into the broody box every time I go out there, to "protect" them from me, lol. The yellow chick I still have was from a porous egg, so maybe Dotty?

On another note, I almost didn't keep these two damaged eggs for my current hatch since I so recently did this experiment with not so desirable results for the cracked egg but these two have smaller blemishes than the cracked Olive Egger did.

They're Crested Cream Legbars. I put nail polish on the hair line crack that did show some minimal discoloration in the shell so there was probably some leakage and I put a small piece of tape over the egg with the hole but even though I don't see evidence of leaking on the shell, the air cell was quite a bit larger on this one so I think it probably did leak a bit.

I set them a day later than my other eggs, in a separate incubator.

This is going to become a thing where I set all of my eggs regardless of what is wrong with them isn't it...lol.

 

[Chaos11793]

Probably a thing , but the pictures are print worthy, so maybe you will be able to create a guide book or study thesis or something with all of your "data"!

 

[CluckNDoodle]

Probably a thing , but the pictures are print worthy, so maybe you will be able to create a guide book or study thesis or something with all of your "data"!

Thank you! That means a lot! I take a lot of time to put the images together.
I'm thinking if I try multiple methods of repair more than once I can eventually put together an article on it with rates of success.

 

[gmjarvi]

Thank you! That means a lot! I take a lot of time to put the images together.
I'm thinking if I try multiple methods of repair more than once I can eventually put together an article on it with rates of success.

I'd read that article for sure!

 

[Molpet]

Thank you! That means a lot! I take a lot of time to put the images together.
I'm thinking if I try multiple methods of repair more than once I can eventually put together an article on it with rates of success.

That would be great