Unfertilized egg

[Ghovivian]

Just got a call from a friend who cracked open one of my hens UNFERTILIZED egg and it had a partially formed chick ! How can this happen ????

 

[Iowa Roo Mom]

My best guess is that you have someone in your coop who isn't what they appear to be

Just sayin'.


Oh, and

 

[Ghovivian]

All the ladies have been laying eggs. No roosters in drag there !!

 

[gritsar]

What was she describing as a "partially formed chick"? Some folks mistake the chalaza (sp?) and other things like a large meat spot for a chick forming.

 

[Ghovivian]

She described a chick with a partially formed wing or appendage, fuzz, with no eyes or beek.

 

[rodriguezpoultry]

LOL...then that's something else in there.

Chicks don't grow fuzz until the last stages, well after the beak and eyes form.


Probably was a meat spot, a part of the reproductive tract that sloughed off in there.

 

[gritsar]

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That's weird. You've either got a rooster in drag, a hen that's wandered to a visiting roo or a roo visiting you.
You didn't by any chance just get these hens did you? A hen stores the sperm for several weeks.
By the way, welcome to BYC!

 

[The Poultry Peanut]

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Pics?

 

[Ghovivian]

I told her that what she was describing was impossible ! She was upset and sick to her stomach.

 

[Ghovivian]

Sorry she took no pics of this oddity. She put it down the garbage disposal. Thanks for the welcome. I have spent hours in the coop design section over the last week. Bought 15 Easter eggers and need more room.