Weird air cells on fresh eggs

[Alaskan]

So Day 14 candling today, remaining 18 eggs all going strong.
Interesting to note that the 4 side cells, including the 1 that migrated,
are growing towards large end of egg,
even tho they are laying down rather than in an upright turner.
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Guess that means they know where they are supposed to be

 

[aart]

Guess that means they know where they are supposed to be

Not sure how an air cell 'thinks' figured it had to do with curvature of the shell.
Dunno<shrugs> will be real curious as to where chicks pip.

 

[Mosey2003]

Fascinating

 

[007Sean]

So got 4 CCL eggs today.
One has a detached air cell, and it's got multiple small 'bubbles', instead of one large one.
The one in the cap in the incubator now has multiple small 'bubbles' (tho bigger bubbles than the fresh egg) instead of he one cell I saw when setting it... and is still detached.
SMH.
It only been 2 days...how long does it take a detached cell to reattach?
Do the multiple small 'bubbles' mean anything?

I had this happen on some shipped eggs. I candled them when they arrived and noticed the air cell's were detached and had several small bubbles all around it. None hatched. The next year ordered some more from the same seller. The exact same thing with these eggs, too! Very rare and expensive pheasant eggs....made me sick. The first batch I thought maybe it happened in shipping but when I got the second batch the same way, no way!...the only thing I can think of is they shook the heck out of them before packing them for shipping, they were totally scrambled, both batches. The first batch was also shipped blunt end down, pointed end up!!!! I'll never even look at their ads for eggs ever again. I managed to finally get ahold of him and tell him what I thought about him as a seller/breeder/ shipper. His response was, "I'm sorry".

 

[aart]

I had this happen on some shipped eggs.

Not sure if you read thru the thread but.....
I know it's common on shipped eggs, but these are fresh right outta my coop.
Have been candling all blue eggs, some are loose, haven't pinpointed the bird.
We'll see if and how the side cells hatch....6 days to go. <fingerscrossed>

 

[007Sean]

Not sure if you read thru the thread but.....
I know it's common on shipped eggs, but these are fresh right outta my coop.
Have been candling all blue eggs, some are loose, haven't pinpointed the bird.
We'll see if and how the side cells hatch....6 days to go. <fingerscrossed>

Yeah, I've read the whole thread.. I was saying that I had the same thing with shipped eggs...lots of tiny bubbles all around the air cell that was completely detached. I have hatch thousands of shipped eggs but that was the first time I ever received any looking like they did, scrambled. Yours are a mystery, idk maybe his hens have whatever is causing it in your bird, too! ...not likely though.
I've never tried to hatch one that had the air cell on the side. Interested to see what happens with yours.

 

[Pyxis]

Well, I just candled some goose eggs I had set. Freshly collected from the coops and right into the incubator, and one has a detached air cell. It is developing, so I've switched it to an upright position, and hopefully it will make it long enough that the air cell reattaches. We'll see, I never get too optimistic with detached air cells.

 

[Alaskan]

Well, I just candled some goose eggs I had set. Freshly collected from the coops and right into the incubator, and one has a detached air cell. It is developing, so I've switched it to an upright position, and hopefully it will make it long enough that the air cell reattaches. We'll see, I never get too optimistic with detached air cells.

Huh...

You had it on its side at first?

 

[Pyxis]

Huh...

You had it on its side at first?

Yep, didn't candle it before I set it so I didn't know it was detached until now.

 

[aart]

Yeah, I've read the whole thread.. I was saying that I had the same thing with shipped eggs...lots of tiny bubbles all around the air cell that was completely detached.

Ah, yes, sorry.
The bubbles were weird, but they changed/joined from small to larger ones.
That one quit about day 4, was very close to air cell and shell and could clearly see heartbeat.