hilda-and-evadne Posted May 6, 2012 Share Posted May 6, 2012 I am incubating another batch of 6 eggs, and on day 10 I realised that one of them had leaked a small amount of albumen; also there were bubbles on the surface of the egg. I have thrown it away because I didn't want to leave it in the incubator and risk it exploding. Since googling a bit about it, I gather that if the problem is only a ruptured air cell one can continue incubation carefully; not sure I could manage it, though, keeping the egg at 45 degrees to try to stop the air cell moving around and breaking up even more. Has anyone else experience of eggs leaking so far into the incubation time or of trying to incubate eggs that have a ruptured air cell? I haven't candled any of the eggs yet because last time I did (with a batch last summer) I couldn't make any sense of what I was seeing and I dropped one. Hope it was a cockerel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwing Posted May 6, 2012 Share Posted May 6, 2012 I have incubated eggs with ruptured air cells, mostly due to damage in post to me. Most cases end in failure but I have had a few sucessful hatches though None of those eggs have ever had any leakage though - I would never continue to incubate an egg that shows any signs of moisture loss through the shell, its too much of a risk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
