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Quote: I wrote this post in a hope to know how to solve this problem, and be fully confident when hatching "foreign" eggs, but now after reading all the text, in the link I sent you, I feel (itchy, and I feel) overwhelmed by the amount of diseases out there and how much you have to do to make...

Quote: I don't know but probably because it just kills the mycoplasma not being effective with other diseases, and because it reduces the hatch so vets don't recommend that to hatcheries because it would reduce the profit. http://www.exoticpetvet.net/avian/eggs.html Thanks for the link! Thats...

Quote: Thanks. I searched for "mycoplasma" and found out that if you put the egg on the incubator at 46ºC for 12 to 48hours it will kill the mycoplasma organisms (just like when our bodies get fever to get rid of the disease) the only problem is that it will reduce the hatchability by 8 to 12%...

Hi, You may want to check this link out: https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=609503&p=1 There is a tylan egg dip method that you can use that will prevent some of the diseases (like mycoplasma) that can be passed down through eggs. I will be trying this method in the spring.