Dissected bad egg WARNING: GRAPHIC!

On day 32 of my first clutch (6 good eggs) I had an equipment malfunction which caused one egg to go bad and another one to collapse. I was able to get things stabilized and kept the 2nd egg alive til day 42 when it started to deteriorate. I candled to find no veins or movement, just solid green mass. I pulled it but instead of toss it, I decided to dissect it. Figured I could at least learn something from it and post it for other new breeders who have never seen the inside of a midway developed egg.
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Shell completely removed. The yoke was hard.
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Terribly sorry for the loss but kudos to you for a valiant attempt to stabilize the malfunction and save the eggs. Double kudos to you for the pictorial in the name of education. Very sad to visualize this but it's one of the many complications we encounter in the business of breeding these wonderful animals. Thank you and don't stay discouraged bc there are still more eggs counting on your knowledge and care to make it to hatch day and beyond. :gj:

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Originally Posted by Albert Clark

Terribly sorry for the loss but kudos to you for a valiant attempt to stabilize the malfunction and save the eggs. Double kudos to you for the pictorial in the name of education. Very sad to visualize this but it's one of the many complications we encounter in the business of breeding these wonderful animals. Thank you and don't stay discouraged bc there are still more eggs counting on your knowledge and care to make it to hatch day and beyond. :gj:

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Albert said it best.

Sorry for your loss and Thank You

I'm sorry for the losses. But good luck with the rest of the clutch!

just out of morbid curiosity what was the pairing?

Thank you guys. I really wanted to spin this into a learning experience. The other 4 eggs are doing great and should be hatching in another week and a half.

It was Lesser bee X killer bee breeding. I know this will spark the spiderXspider debate which is what I wish to avoid. After speaking with many breeders including some big names I decided to go for it. Not to produce the fabled super spider, but just to have more spiders in the clutch. She laid 6 perfect eggs, no slugs. I lost these eggs due to a temperature fluctuations from equipment failure.