- Jul 4, 2010
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This is my second time dealing with shipped eggs and I also had some watery eggs the first time too. (When I say watery, I mean that when I candle the egg, the air cell is intact, albeit misshaped sometimes, but there is extra fluid inside. You can clearly see that when you GENTLY move/vibrate the egg it is thin and watery). If you have experienced this then you know exactly what I'm talking about.
With the first round, those eggs developed and made it to hatch day. On hatch day, many were peeping inside their shells. Only two actually hatched, and the others died, fully formed, inside their shells. There could be two reasons for this: My hygrometer stopped working at some point. I kept adding water to increase humidity during lockdown because the stupid thing kept reading 40ish%. In hindsight, I should've known that there was plenty of moisture already b/c there was condensation all inside the incubator. So, in that case, I believe my humidity was just way too high and I didn't know. And for all I know, the hygrometer could've been wrong throughout the whole incubation. Ok....lesson learned.
Now, the other reason could be that they simply drowned from that excess fluid that was already in their shells.
So, now I'm on my second round with some eggs that have that same liquid. What happens to this liquid? I can't imagine it gets absorbed like the yolk does. Will it still be there when they attempt to hatch? I'm really worried this time around because I'm not sure if this water is the reason the others didn't make it or if it was my fault w/ adding too much moisture. I'd like to prevent it, obviously. I have some in the incubator and some under my broodies. If they will require special care to hatch then I'd have to bring the broodies' eggs inside.
By the way...they are on day 11. Still alive, bopping around. I'd greatly appreciate any advice you can give me. This is literally a matter of live or death ; )
(Thanks for reading...I know I'm an awful/unorganized writer!!!!)
With the first round, those eggs developed and made it to hatch day. On hatch day, many were peeping inside their shells. Only two actually hatched, and the others died, fully formed, inside their shells. There could be two reasons for this: My hygrometer stopped working at some point. I kept adding water to increase humidity during lockdown because the stupid thing kept reading 40ish%. In hindsight, I should've known that there was plenty of moisture already b/c there was condensation all inside the incubator. So, in that case, I believe my humidity was just way too high and I didn't know. And for all I know, the hygrometer could've been wrong throughout the whole incubation. Ok....lesson learned.
Now, the other reason could be that they simply drowned from that excess fluid that was already in their shells.
So, now I'm on my second round with some eggs that have that same liquid. What happens to this liquid? I can't imagine it gets absorbed like the yolk does. Will it still be there when they attempt to hatch? I'm really worried this time around because I'm not sure if this water is the reason the others didn't make it or if it was my fault w/ adding too much moisture. I'd like to prevent it, obviously. I have some in the incubator and some under my broodies. If they will require special care to hatch then I'd have to bring the broodies' eggs inside.
By the way...they are on day 11. Still alive, bopping around. I'd greatly appreciate any advice you can give me. This is literally a matter of live or death ; )
(Thanks for reading...I know I'm an awful/unorganized writer!!!!)