Twins?? Surely not?

[mustangrooster]

So i Candled all 13 eggs that are on different stages and there are doing good.

This egg has me thinking, i candled at a early stage and i swore i saw 2 embryos, but i thought "of course not" because i candled all eggs before i set them to make sure i didn't have any double yolkers.

I candled last night and saw two figures moving, again this morning i checked and it does look like twins!! Uh oh!




The camera does not pick up any light (and its a dark shell) so its hard to see them on the pics, otherwise its clear as daylight. Is it possible for two embryos to develop on one yolk??

Help???

 

[PD-Riverman]

So i Candled all 13 eggs that are on different stages


Is it possible for two embryos to develop on one yolk??

Help???

What do you mean by "different stages"?? Have some eggs been in the incubator longer than others??

I guess anything is possible, but I have never seen that??

 

[mustangrooster]

Yes, they have...long story...it is a reasonably large egg, i really dont want to deal with hatching Twins, however..

 

[aart]

Sounds like a real adventure....staggered hatch and possible twins.....I'll follow along.

 

[PD-Riverman]

Yes, they have...long story...it is a reasonably large egg, i really dont want to deal with hatching Twins, however..

Low percentage that it will hatch, so let it incubate.

 

[mustangrooster]

I have 3 that go into lockdown tomorrow, possible duck eggs on day 3-4 a couple of eggs on day 11 one on day 15 and the rest in between. And now possible twins....im amazed by it but unsure of what to do.

ETA: There was also another egg which i was pretty sure had twins but it died.

 

[aart]

I have 3 that go into lockdown tomorrow, possible duck eggs on day 3-4 a couple of eggs on day 11 one on day 15 and the rest in between. And now possible twins....im amazed by it but unsure of what to do.

ETA: There was also another egg which i was pretty sure had twins but it died.

Do you have a separate hatcher?

 

[TheKindaFarmGal]

Sounds interesting. Like aart asked, do you have a separate hatcher? Or maybe you can make one?

 

[mustangrooster]

Yes i have a separate hatcher, but its a old one, so on lockdown i'll keep the 3 eggs in the new 'bator and put the other eggs in the old one...

Was about to throw away the egg i thought was dead, candled it, saw one embryo on one side of the egg, and another on the other side of the egg...thats two eggs with supposedly twins. I just need to know how to get a clear photo for proof

 

[mustangrooster]

GUYS....

I soon lost track of which egg i thought had twins..

Now at lockdown i have one cheeping from the fat end of the egg...and another cheeping from the small end of the egg....That cant be the same chick??