-
Hello!
Either you have not registered on this site yet, or you are registered but have not logged in. In either case, you will not be able to use the full functionality of this site until you have registered, and then logged in after your registration has been approved.
Registration is FREE, so please register so you can participate instead of remaining a lurker....
Please be certain that the location field is correctly filled out when you register. All registrations that appear to be bogus will be rejected. Which means that if your location field does NOT match the actual location of your registration IP address, then your registration will be rejected.
Sorry about the strictness of this requirement, but it is necessary to block spammers and scammers at the door as much as possible.
when an egg is dead. . . . . .
- Thread starter lenore
- Start date
bitsy
Owned by Corns since 1991
They can, yes.
I've had some eggs fertile when laid, show a network of veins for a while, then just stop developing. After that, they gradually go mouldy and collapse. From what I've seen, this can happen at any stage of incubation.
I've had it happen to odd eggs in the middle of otherwise successful clutches, so I don't think it's a problem with the incubation method.
I guess it just happens when something is badly wrong with the embryo. Nature slams the brakes on the process.
I've had some eggs fertile when laid, show a network of veins for a while, then just stop developing. After that, they gradually go mouldy and collapse. From what I've seen, this can happen at any stage of incubation.
I've had it happen to odd eggs in the middle of otherwise successful clutches, so I don't think it's a problem with the incubation method.
I guess it just happens when something is badly wrong with the embryo. Nature slams the brakes on the process.
bitsy
Owned by Corns since 1991
Each one seems to be different.
Some can stay in a part-developed limbo before they start going bad.
Last year I had a clutch with really bad shells, that you could see through very easily. I lost at least four of the eggs at different stages of development. A couple developed a network of veins in the first 2 weeks of weeks, then stayed like that while other eggs carried on to develop embryos. The part-developed egg stayed like that, with no further development, for a few more weeks before finally going mouldy and collapsing. Think one was as late as 6 weeks into incubation before it finally died.
Some can stay in a part-developed limbo before they start going bad.
Last year I had a clutch with really bad shells, that you could see through very easily. I lost at least four of the eggs at different stages of development. A couple developed a network of veins in the first 2 weeks of weeks, then stayed like that while other eggs carried on to develop embryos. The part-developed egg stayed like that, with no further development, for a few more weeks before finally going mouldy and collapsing. Think one was as late as 6 weeks into incubation before it finally died.