3.6m Omlet Chicken Run for sale, Brand New in Boxes, Milton Keynes (MK19)

[lotz2612]

Hi

 

This is the 1st year I have tried to incubate eggs from our own hens. Should I be worried that they have been in there fore over 4 weeks? There has been movement, but nothing has popped out yet. There was a crack yesturday in one of them, but nothing had happened further this morning. Should I give them a helping hand or leave it?

[Egluntyne]

I'd leave it I think. I see from your other post that they are on day 32. This is quite unusual. Is the crack typical of a pipping chick?

 

I don't want to alarm you, but an exploding egg is something you want to avoid at all costs.

[lotz2612]

Exploding eggs? Why? What happens???

[Redwing]

If they are chickens eggs then they should never get to day 32 unless they are not viable and arent going to hatch

 

An exploding egg happens when an egg goes rotten under a broody or in an incubator, its unbearably smelly

 

It sounds like your eggs are duds

[Lewis]

Can you candle them to see whats going on?

[jellykelly]

I don't know about exploding eggs - but I cracked open one of my dud eggs that had been sat on for 25/26 days and wished I hadn't. I was heaving over the sink for ages

[lotz2612]

Well...i'm seriously at a loss here. Mum pealed away one of the broken bits of the shell last night of the 'exploded egg' and we can see black inside it...but it doesnt smell at all!

 

Think i'm going to have to candle them tonight and see whats going on in there!

[Lewis]

Black doesn't sound good

[lotz2612]

I can now report my findings...

 

Out of 15 eggs...

 

13 duds (flippin usuless cockrals!)

2 half formed dead chicks (thats why we could see black inside the crack...it had peeped, but then died )

 

So have now started again...4 new eggs...this time going to candle them BEFORE day 33!!!

[Redwing]

thats a shame

 

make sure that incubator is absolutely immaculate before new eggs go in though