What does it mean when...? [[UPDATE WITH GRAPHIC PICS!!]]

[TinyTotsSeramas]

When you candle an egg 7 days into incubation and there is a dark red line (like a blood clot line... not a vein) going accross the egg?
also there is a dark spot right above it the resembles a chicks eye but it doesnt move... but on the other side of the egg I see movement..
This is on my twin egg btw...

I'll post a video here in a second.. I have it uploading now...

 

[madamwlf]

That is a blood ring and they embryo has died. Sorry.

 

[TinyTotsSeramas]

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thats what I was affraid of...

here is the video.. you can still see one twin moving...

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=172269409519747

 

[madamwlf]

Wow, that's interesting. One twin died and the other is still alive. Will be interesting to see what happens.

 

[TinyTotsSeramas]

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So you dont think I should terminate the incubation yet? just let it go and see what happens?

 

[LarryPQ]

That is a blood ring. The egg is dead.

 

[madamwlf]

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So you dont think I should terminate the incubation yet? just let it go and see what happens?

If the other embryo is still moving I say leave it. What can it hurt?

 

[TinyTotsSeramas]

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this is a twin egg and one of the twins is still alive..

 

[TinyTotsSeramas]

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So you dont think I should terminate the incubation yet? just let it go and see what happens?

If the other embryo is still moving I say leave it. What can it hurt?

that is true! the worse that can happen is the remaining twin will die which either way if I terminate, it will die or if I leave it, it could still die OR it could live... slim chance but would make for a good experiment!

 

[nurse_turtle]

I would keep the incubation going and candle every other day. The live chick may be able to resorb the dead embryo. The egg system is complex and perfection over a kazillion years of evolution. It happens with human twin embryos as well and the human body manages to resorb the dead embryo and a healthy baby is born.