Strange looking egg

[Peckedhen]

My garden fantails tend to sit the first egg so that it hatches a couple of days before the second. Today the first hatched but the second egg looks odd, I can only describe it as having dark, bruise like patches on it with no signs of chipping. It looked fine yesterday - any ideas??  :-/

[sapper756]

My garden fantails tend to sit the first egg so that it hatches a couple of days before the second. Today the first hatched but the second egg looks odd, I can only describe it as having dark, bruise like patches on it with no signs of chipping. It looked fine yesterday - any ideas??  :-/

 

Aye, take it easy on the alcohol ;D ;D ;D

[Peckedhen]

ROFLMAO ;D ;D

[Guest karl adams]

young dead in shell may be

[Peckedhen]

Thanks Karl - just rung a friend who has just said the same thing!

[Guest shadow]

dead in shell :B

[Peckedhen]

Eeuk! Yes, it was dead in shell.

 

The shell looked even worse today so I decided to remove it, as there was still no sign of chipping. The baby was quite well developed but, judging by the smell, had been dead a few days!

[Guest karl adams]

the egg may have had a small hole in it or a small crack witch as let air get in and the young had died  

[Guest Freebird]

Eeuk! Yes, it was dead in shell.

 

The shell looked even worse today so I decided to remove it, as there was still no sign of chipping. The baby was quite well developed but, judging by the smell, had been dead a few days!

 

Eeuk! You been to a ceilidh recently.

(wiseman)

[Peckedhen]

;D ;D ;D

[PigeonClarke]

I had this problem with 4 eggs recently. Then I realised I had used a mite spray a few days previous. I think its the spray. Something similar to whats happening with black nest felts. Have you used anything like this.

[Guest MBpigeonguy]

Yuck! i hate that

smell!

[Peckedhen]

I had this problem with 4 eggs recently. Then I realised I had used a mite spray a few days previous. I think its the spray. Something similar to whats happening with black nest felts. Have you used anything like this.

 

No, I hadn't used anything. One of the pair hatched and is doing fine. Maybe just one of those things.  

 

 

[PigeonClarke]

 

No, I hadn't used anything. One of the pair hatched and is doing fine. Maybe just one of those things.  

 

 

Same with me two other nests next to them hatched fine.