I have successfully stopped hatching, so much so I want to sell my sportsman’s!
I will keep a foamy around sort of like a ex smoker keeps a pack around.
1 ounce of bleach in 1 gallon of water.
120 degree water..
dunk the eggs.. clean them.. rinse them..
then dunk in a second bleach and let dry..
The internal temp of the egg is safe until it reaches 117f.. so don’t float the eggs.. just dunk and clean..
Sometimes it seems the “oopsy” That hatch in the Incubator do better than the ones we fuss over with humidity changes and lying still in the hatcher for a few days..
Makes no sense,
With guineas I would take the eggs now and put them all in the incubator..
Guineas are bad mothers. They will most likely lose all the keets in a few days.
Also guinea nests have so many eggs when they start to sit not all will get heated..
I have picked 50 eggs from my guinea nests...
Bad advice...
Honesty is over rated with incubators...
Try” I had eggs in the incubator and it stopped working, so I needed to get another to save the chicks”
I tried everything to fix it first..
Once I got all the eggs into the new one and spent more time with the old one..
I found it was...
There goes the environment!!! I am thinking of getting dux to use for testing products on... recent study show people become attached to rats but not dux....:lau:lau:lau