What are loose air sacks??

[Chickapooh23]

Just received a shipment of eggs from Buckeye Dave. I have them resting now, I candled them to make sure all was well and no cracks etc. I saw a thread referring to loose air sacks the other day. What is that and is there anything I should be doing about it?

 

[twigg]

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Actually they are not loose air sacs, more loose membranes.

No, there is nothing you can do. Just set the eggs and hope they are fine.

 

[greenfamilyfarms]

When you candle the egg, if you move the egg around you will see the loose air cell move around in the egg.

 

[Chickapooh23]

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OK, if I see this should I be worried? I had a couple with this. Right now they are resting big end up in an egg carton.

 

[twigg]

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OK, if I see this should I be worried? I had a couple with this. Right now they are resting big end up in an egg carton.

A little concerned, maybe.

It's an egg. You can't fix it so set it and see what happens in 7 days.

 

[BuckeyeDave]

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Sheeeeeot, chicka, if you don't hatch out 12 chicks let me know, I'll squeese you out some more eggs.

 

[kryptoniteqhs]

mine are like that too....i thought it was normal till i saw this thread?

 

[twigg]

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In a *normal* fresh egg, there isn't an air space as such. It can be quite hard to even discerne which way is up

Air space becomes more defined as the egg ages.

 

[tiki244]

You can still hatch chicks from these eggs. I have. While I think a person would prefer to not have the loose air cells, they may still hatch.


PO !!! I got a box of eggs delivered to my door and the mailman has them in one hand and goes to hand them to me and drops the box. Hello Mr Postman! Geesh. Now thats probably why they get loose air cells.