Weird egg while candling

[Joeschooks]

Yes, that was in my eggs. What causes them? And why 'meat spots'? Thanks.

I think it is due to a rupture of a blood vessel in the oviduct. Nothing to worry about though. I don’t know whether it will develop but worth leaving for a few days to see... I’d be interested to know whether it does.

 

[Lins_BE]

It was a fairly big egg. I’ll keep you posted. If it doesn’t develop, i know to discard of it immediately next time i see it.

 

[aart]

It was a fairly big egg. I’ll keep you posted. If it doesn’t develop, i know to discard of it immediately next time i see it.

I meant was the floating 'thing' big or small, not the egg. If you do discard, open egg and examine.

Yes, that was in my eggs. What causes them? And why 'meat spots'? Thanks.

I think it is due to a rupture of a blood vessel in the oviduct.

Yep, that's where blood spots come from, usually when an ova is released from the follicle. Meat spots are a tiny piece of tissue that sloughs off somewhere inside the reproductive tract and are enclosed with the yolk an albumen....or can be enclosed without a yolk(fairy eggs).

 

[oregonkat]

I meant was the floating 'thing' big or small, not the egg. If you do discard, open egg and examine.


Yep, that's where blood spots come from, usually when an ova is released from the follicle. Meat spots are a tiny piece of tissue that sloughs off somewhere inside the reproductive tract and are enclosed with the yolk an albumen....or can be enclosed without a yolk(fairy eggs).

That is what is could see in candling my eggs on day 7 was the oval shaped piece of tissue, probably about the size of a lentil. Could easily have been thought to be a developing embryo except for the fact that it moved freely when gently rocking the egg. Also candling from the bottom of the egg I could see it was clear. Upon opening, these eggs were unfertilized as far as I could tell.

 

[lazy gardener]

I've had eggs hatch that had blood or meat spots in them. The chick pops out with the bit of tissue matted into her down!

 

[Lins_BE]

I hope it still hatches, i have a hunch that it’s an egg of one of my golden campines...

 

[ChknNurse]

It was a fairly big egg. I’ll keep you posted. If it doesn’t develop, i know to discard of it immediately next time i see it.

No need to rush to discard it. You are just setting these eggs in the incubator (I didn’t think you meant brooder). By 4 or 5 days you will be able to shine a light through the tops and see some veining. Don’t race to discard until it’s such a clear difference. Since I hatch staggered and concurrently, I’ll mark all Eggs one way that I set one day . I’ll use a different color to mark a different day & note them in a notebook. I have noticed over time that my silkie Eggs may look like they haven’t veined, and others have at day 3. Usually by day 5/6, I’ll see their veining. They often appear to me behind initially when alongside another (especially LF ) breed. By day 15, there is so much darkness filling the egg with chick. This is when I start chucking the clears. Unless you see leaking or smell, a fresh egg that’s set, should be fine, even if infertile.

Also, because a bloodspot is often a young pullet egg, I wouldn’t sweat it. If it develops, even if it stops, it wouldn’t be worth throwing out.

You’ve got this!

 

[Lins_BE]

The floating thing wasn’t very big.

No need to rush to discard it. You are just setting these eggs in the incubator (I didn’t think you meant brooder). By 4 or 5 days you will be able to shine a light through the tops and see some veining. Don’t race to discard until it’s such a clear difference. Since I hatch staggered and concurrently, I’ll mark all Eggs one way that I set one day . I’ll use a different color to mark a different day & note them in a notebook. I have noticed over time that my silkie Eggs may look like they haven’t veined, and others have at day 3. Usually by day 5/6, I’ll see their veining. They often appear to me behind initially when alongside another (especially LF ) breed. By day 15, there is so much darkness filling the egg with chick. This is when I start chucking the clears. Unless you see leaking or smell, a fresh egg that’s set, should be fine, even if infertile.

Also, because a bloodspot is often a young pullet egg, I wouldn’t sweat it. If it develops, even if it stops, it wouldn’t be worth throwing out.

You’ve got this!

Thank you for the reassuring answer and the tips for marking the eggs. Since it’s my first time setting eggs i did them all at once, but i might be going to staggered hatching soon if the incubatir proves to be dependable, i have a lot of people waiting for chicks, so that way i could supply them more spread over the season. It would make sure my living room isn’t being overrun by chicks i guess... What are your main reasons for staggered Hatching? And do you have any tips for determining what chicks hatch from what eggs? I got some eggs from another breeder and would like to know which chicks come from those eggs.

 

[Lins_BE]

I couldn’t find the alien spot anymore. Only two of the 30 eggs weren’t growing. Today was day 5.

 

[aart]

I couldn’t find the alien spot anymore. Only two of the 30 eggs weren’t growing. Today was day 5.

I assume you marked the 'alien' egg?