She finished laying and there were 5 viable eggs with good veins and they weighed about 595 grams. There was also a loose follicle that looked about the size of a grape, and 1 follicle that was about the same size but connected to one of the eggs. It almost looked like the way a sausage link would be attached to the next link. Below are a couple pics.
In addition, the egg that it is connected to appears to have several windows (poor calcification) in it. The connection looks like it is about an 1/8 of an inch thick and I can't tell if it is actually sealed off from the egg or if fluid is able to move between the two masses, so I don't feel comfortable about disconnecting it from the egg. Has anyone experienced this before and what should I expect? Obviously the follicle like mass has no veins and I assume it will start to decay shortly. If in fact there is fluid that can move between the egg and the follicle then I expect when the follicle starts to decay it will contaminate the egg. If there isn't fluid moving between them and it starts to decay, can I leave it attached or will it cause the egg to decay regardless?
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