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post #1 of 6
6/9/11 at 12:01pm
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I am incubating a couple of eggs and I have noticed that one of the eggs is seeping amber coloured fluid from the shell. Is this a rotten egg? Should I be taking it out?

I own a DH, but I am owned by 1 horse, 4 cats, 37 chickens and 54 chicks. Addicted to animals and loving every minute of it Also, I have a wonderful baby on the way...my Little Bean!
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I own a DH, but I am owned by 1 horse, 4 cats, 37 chickens and 54 chicks. Addicted to animals and loving every minute of it Also, I have a wonderful baby on the way...my Little Bean!
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post #2 of 6
6/9/11 at 12:07pm

yes, before it explodes and ruins your hatch

Shelly, child of God, Wife to Scott, mother to three beautiful daughters, one bunny, 15 hens and 4 baby chicks!
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Shelly, child of God, Wife to Scott, mother to three beautiful daughters, one bunny, 15 hens and 4 baby chicks!
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post #3 of 6
6/9/11 at 12:09pm

Yep, and be VERY gentle with that egg. They explode sometimes. I take a small plastic bag, invert it over my hand, and use that to get it out and close the bag asap.

Don't get all your exercise leaping to conclusions!

Poultry- they may be your pets, they may be your hobby, they may be your livestock. But remember, if you fall down in the pen, unconscious? They WILL eat you.
Chicken Tender of 20 years
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Don't get all your exercise leaping to conclusions!

Poultry- they may be your pets, they may be your hobby, they may be your livestock. But remember, if you fall down in the pen, unconscious? They WILL eat you.
Chicken Tender of 20 years
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post #4 of 6
6/9/11 at 12:14pm
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CRISIS DIVERTED!!!! Thanks for the quick response! It smelled horrible.

Just an hour ago I had to help a chick out of an egg and now it is resting in the bator....imagine if that exploded??!!! PHEW!!

THANKS for the help!

I own a DH, but I am owned by 1 horse, 4 cats, 37 chickens and 54 chicks. Addicted to animals and loving every minute of it Also, I have a wonderful baby on the way...my Little Bean!
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I own a DH, but I am owned by 1 horse, 4 cats, 37 chickens and 54 chicks. Addicted to animals and loving every minute of it Also, I have a wonderful baby on the way...my Little Bean!
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post #5 of 6
6/9/11 at 12:21pm
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Originally Posted by Equine_Angel 

CRISIS DIVERTED!!!! Thanks for the quick response! It smelled horrible.

Just an hour ago I had to help a chick out of an egg and now it is resting in the bator....imagine if that exploded??!!! PHEW!!

THANKS for the help!


Good!  clap   
And yeah, it's a smell you'll never forget. These days, when I incubate? I sniff the bator daily and I also inspect each egg for any leakage, using a flashlight to look through the window.

Congratulations on the chick! jumpy

Don't get all your exercise leaping to conclusions!

Poultry- they may be your pets, they may be your hobby, they may be your livestock. But remember, if you fall down in the pen, unconscious? They WILL eat you.
Chicken Tender of 20 years
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Don't get all your exercise leaping to conclusions!

Poultry- they may be your pets, they may be your hobby, they may be your livestock. But remember, if you fall down in the pen, unconscious? They WILL eat you.
Chicken Tender of 20 years
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post #6 of 6
6/9/11 at 12:30pm
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I understand and know the smell all to well. I had a broody hen that had two eggs explode underneath her. The whole barn WREAKED!!!!!! Thank goodness for pine bedding and DE!

I own a DH, but I am owned by 1 horse, 4 cats, 37 chickens and 54 chicks. Addicted to animals and loving every minute of it Also, I have a wonderful baby on the way...my Little Bean!
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I own a DH, but I am owned by 1 horse, 4 cats, 37 chickens and 54 chicks. Addicted to animals and loving every minute of it Also, I have a wonderful baby on the way...my Little Bean!
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