First Confirmed Egg Casuality

[30secondstobob]

I opened up my unhatched egg yesterday that was over three weeks beyond the projected date by temp. Sadly, there was a fully formed dead embryo in it big enough to be a hatchling. Can't help but wonder what may have caused this one not to hatch. I know that you can't turn eggs over, but would gently tipping the deli cup to examine the egg possibly have caused this embryo's death? I did this quite often with all the other eggs that hatched. Just wondering. Bob

 

[acpart]

Sorry it didn't work out. SOmetimes it just happens for no reason that we'll ever know. Maybe the baby was too weak to get out. I once checked my incubator a few years ago and found 2 just out of the egg dead leos and one live one. I never figured out why it happened, but I've had babies hatch that were clearly too weak and didn't survive more than a few days even though they looked perfectly formed. I guess it goes with the territory.

Aliza