Duck egg question

[1eyejer]

I have 12 duck eggs that i collected, they are a little dirty..should i clean them before i put them in the incubator and if so,,how should i clean them

 

[Dipsy Doodle Doo]

Hi! Those look CLEAN compared to some muddy duck eggs I've set here*.
I don't wash any of my eggs I'm planning to hatch.
Good Luck!

Lisa
*and successfully hatched.

 

[gofasterstripe]

MIne arent usually that dirty but some have been. When you spray them down when you turn them, most of it will come off over the 28 days, so dont worry about it.

 

[The Duck ABC's]

They don't look that bad. You can use a scrub sponge and dry rub a little bit. Washing is also an option, but then you have to incubate at 10% more humidity and do not mist the eggs. I would just put them into the incubator like that.

 

[PortugalBreeder]

I think it's very important. You can see why here:

And you can see how they suppose to look after:

If you don't want to check the videos, just remember that if you don't wash the eggs you will be putting lots of bacteria and organic material for the bacteria to "eat" inside a heated moisturized environment perfect conditions to grow them. This will cause less hatchs, and more deaths after hatch because the little birds will have their immune systems overloaded.