What do Xrays do to fertilized eggs?

Mandymooligan

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Mar 18, 2011
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Do Xrays cause eggs to not develope? I just got 36 eggs 15 did not develope at all. The air cells were intact and when I cracked them open everything looked in very good shape except they didn't develope. My eggs are incubating right along side of them and they are growing very well. I had asked that the words Do Not Xray be written on the box but it did not happen, otherwise they were well packed.
 
If the boxhad been xrayed, likely nould have developed. Hatch rates with shipped eggs are lower in general, so that'd be my guess. I had a USPS worker recently tell me they no longer xray packages.
 
Believe me I know about shipped eggs and all their problems. These just looked so good. I have had some very successful hatches lately of some silkies thankfully..
 

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