Stupid Stupid Stupid!

[rocketdog312]

I killed an embryo, thinking it was a quitter. I always do autopsy's on every egg I throw out and this one had a living, breathing and kicking embryo. I was so stupid! i feel horrible. But one thing intruiged me, black down was forming. and this was a RIR/RIR+leghorn egg. the father was a cross between a leghorn and a RIR and the mother was an RIR. do RIR's have a recessive black feather gene?

 

[greenfamilyfarms]

Aw! I'm sorry. I've done that before my mistake except mine was only 10 days along. I could see it's little heart beating when I broke open the egg and I felt horrible. As for the black feathering, I'm not sure. Poor baby.

 

[rocketdog312]

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mine was 11 days along...

 

[mtnkids]

I just did the same thing a week and a half ago. Inexperienced candling, was my fault. I felt so terrible about it seeing it trying to live after I had cracked it open.

 

[Shared Acres]

If I THINK there's a chance it's still alive I leave it. I basically might candle at 11 days just to see if there are any red rings of death, but for the most part I leave everything.

 

[rocketdog312]

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I gotta learn to do that...

 

[catwalk]

Maybe it just looked like black down because it was wet? I've had really dark hatchlings fluff up a lot lighter....

 

[Bock_Bock]

you learn from your mistakes right

 

[MuranoFarms]

Awwwwww,

If I find anything that looks like it quit, I move it to the last tray on the left in the bator and leave it there for a few more days then candle again. Most of the time I'm right, but I've had a few surprise me and continue to develop.

 

[BellLisamo]

I've done that before...

the egg was super cold, even in the incubator, i candled and the spot was a huge black blob. I thought it was dead. I killed a duck baby!

Heres a hug for me and you!