What with this egg?? Has anyone seen this before?

[EmAbTo48]

My broody Sebastopol is on 13 eggs already and she is continuing to lay so I have been taking the ones shes been laying and either eating or incubating..

Well I cracked this one open I am not sure what is going on she has about 8 dots from her girl parts and theirs a few that are fertilized with the ring around it. I have never seen this before she has white dots all over the egg.




Sorry for the glare... You can seen 5 dots in the pictures and then on the sides there are more. The ones closer to the middle have the ring around it..


Is this normal?

 

[animallover505]

I don't know, but that's weird!!

 

[CelticOaksFarm]

now THAT is interesting

 

[EmAbTo48]

I thought this is way off... I am thinking she will not be bred next year something is going on with her fertilty.... This is the goose I have been having like 75% bad fertility rates with.

She has been sitting on an empty nest since I took her last clutch about a month ago. And just started laying again last week. But I bought eggs for her to sit on that have proven fertility so hopefully she can get them to hatch she wants to be a momma SO BAD! I have been taking the ones she lays and have 3 in the incubator this is the first one I have cracked open!!

 

[animaladdictions]

That is odd...I've never seen that either..hmmm??? Maybe Pete would know?

 

[RURU]

I am no expert on eggs but that looks like she has five areas where the egg can be fertilized. If more than one get fertilized that might be a bad thing. I have never seen this before. Sure wish Pete would get back on the forums again.....

 

[EmAbTo48]

I am no expert on eggs but that looks like she has five areas where the egg can be fertilized. If more than one get fertilized that might be a bad thing. I have never seen this before. Sure wish Pete would get back on the forums again.....

There are 3 spots with fertilization its hard to see but there are rings around three of them...

 

[RURU]

So three fertile places. I do not think 3 fertile areas in one yolk would be good to hatch. It might turnn out to be super deformed??? Now I do not know what I would do with a goose that did that in every egg. I know it is just one egg with this. I wonder what that means for the female future of breeding. I think you siad you would not breed her next year right? That to me would just be too risky..

 

[EmAbTo48]

Yes, I have been having issues with her fertility 75% of her eggs have not been ferti3lized with her first clutch the ones I did have in the incubator stopped growing two weeks. She has laid 4 eggs this far for this clutch that I took from her since I have her on other eggs that I know are fertile and will hatch for her. 3 of these eggs have be in the incubator for 2 days so far. Then I cracked open this one and saw this. I do know for sure that her first eggs that I cracked were not like this at all they were normal just not all were fertilized.

But yes I am thinking she might just be best at being a broody momma and just give her eggs to sit on then her own. Something must be going on with her. I will be checking the rest of the eggs she lays. I don't need any more goslings so I will cook them up so I will be able to see if they continue like this.

 

[BunkyB]

Got me stumped too. It seems like a fertile egg but here is a pic and a link that may help...
Here is a link .....How to Tell a Fertile vs INfertile Egg (Pictures)