Yes, there is so much controversy over whether to clean them with an egg solution or not at all. I would rather just put the cleanest ones in the incubator and not risk using a solution but just a cloth.
This is my first time with broody hens. I have two hens setting on their eggs. I believe it is around 14 days. I am afraid to let them hatch as I have no way to separate the rooster in the coop right now. Will the rooster hurt baby chicks? I have an incubator and I was hoping I could candle the...