What is this?

[theuglychick]

This is my 4th batch of incubated eggs. I candle on day 5 and 7 because I like to get an idea of which eggs to watch closely depending on how much they have developed by day 5 (spot or veins or not, air cell, etc.) and how much the develope from day 5-7.

Well as I was doing my day 5 check, I saw one of my buff Orpington eggs had a strange floating thing in it.

I don't know how to describe it so I included a pic. It looks like the yolk is segmented or in clumps?

I haven't encountered this before. It floats very freely, keeping itself at the top of the egg when I rotate it. It could be totally normal and I've just not seen it before, but it was definitely different from all the other eggs.

Is it a ruptured air cell?

Have y'all seen this before?

 

[BantyChooks]

This is my 4th batch of incubated eggs. I candle on day 5 and 7 because I like to get an idea of which eggs to watch closely depending on how much they have developed by day 5 (spot or veins or not, air cell, etc.) and how much the develope from day 5-7.

Well as I was doing my day 5 check, I saw one of my buff Orpington eggs had a strange floating thing in it.

I don't know how to describe it so I included a pic. It looks like the yolk is segmented or in clumps?

I haven't encountered this before. It floats very freely, keeping itself at the top of the egg when I rotate it. It could be totally normal and I've just not seen it before, but it was definitely different from all the other eggs.

Is it a ruptured air cell?

Have y'all seen this before?

Looks like a rolling air cell to me. Was it shipped?

 

[theuglychick]

Looks like a rolling air cell to me. Was it shipped?

Thanks for replying so quickly! It was not shipped. I picked it from my coop. This chicken has a hatch rate of 100% and her chicks are the most lively of all. Her eggs are always perfect, too. That's why this kind of threw me for a loop. It moves differently from anything in any of the other eggs, too. Much faster and less "floaty" of that makes sense. Should I just go ahead and discard at Day 7 when I candle again?

 

[BantyChooks]

Thanks for replying so quickly! It was not shipped. I picked it from my coop. This chicken has a hatch rate of 100% and her chicks are the most lively of all. Her eggs are always perfect, too. That's why this kind of threw me for a loop. It moves differently from anything in any of the other eggs, too. Much faster and less "floaty" of that makes sense. Should I just go ahead and discard at Day 7 when I candle again?

Odd... Very odd. I don't believe I've seen rolling air cells in anything but shipped before.

I'd wait until day 10 to discard anything, but it is highly unlikely that egg will live if it even started in the first place.

 

[theuglychick]

Ok thank you. I'll update in a few!