dark spot on inside of egg's shell

[kscottjoyce]

I am incubating 6 eggs and one has a dark spot stuck on the inside of the egg. It is just a bit smaller than the size of an eraser on a pencil. Other than that the chick is moving just as the other eggs. Should I be concerned about this? What could it be?

 

[chicmom]

Hmm, I would think the dark spot was a dead embryo, but you say you see your chick moving inside? I would just let it be then, but keep an eye on it.......

 

[dsqard]

Could it be a meat spot? I had one of those in my first hatch that fooled me all the way to lockdown because I kept thinking it was a developing chick. Kept putting it back in the bator as a "maybe". Mine wasn't stuck to the shell though. If the developing chick doesn't seem bothered by it, I would let it keep incubating.

 

[kscottjoyce]

I am honestly not sure if it is a meat spot, how would I be able to tell if it is? I was kinda guessing it may be a small cluster of veins stuck to the shell, but who knows... It's day 13 of the incubation and I have been turning it more often than the other eggs to see if that changes the matter at all.

 

[dsqard]

The only way to know if it is a meat spot would be to open the egg (that is how I found out what was in mine) but that would kill the developing chick. Since the chick is still growing, I would not worry about it and see if you can figure out what it is after the chick hatches. Now you have me all curious.

 

[kscottjoyce]

Well unless it is something that will kill the chick I will post to let you know what it was (if I can even figure out what it was).

 

[Pascal PicklePants]

I've got something very similar to this happening right now too. Mine looks like something is stuck to the inside of the shell in a few different places. I was worried that it was bacterial growth, but there is no bad odor.

I've been on the verge of tossing it at least 3 times now. Just like you, i keep putting it back in as a maybe. I figure as long as it isn't a stinker, i'll let it ride. I will let you know of any new developments.

 

[kscottjoyce]

P. PicklePants, Good luck with your egg, I hope we both have nothing to be concerned about! What day of incubation are you on?

 

[kscottjoyce]

Here is a photo of the dark spot. the chick is on the other side of the egg at the moment.

 

[shelleyd2008]

Isn't that the eye? You are supposed to see the eye before anything, that's what you see 'move'.