A Stinker In Lockdown!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[justmeandtheflock]

ms.cluckling :

what happens when an egg explodes? will it kill the other eggs?

The bacteria can contaminate the other eggs and kill them.​

 

[ms.cluckling]

no, they didn't slosh around.
So it SHOULD smell like rotten food!
I haven't found the baddie yet. I'm going to do a sniff check on the remaining eggs. If none smell then you're probably right about the "hatching smell"
Curse my newbie-ness...
Thanks for putting up with me

 

[ms.cluckling]

okay, I checked some more eggs, and had to stop again.
I only have 2 eggs left to check (4, really, but 2 are rockers, so i won't touch them), an so far I have found no leakers. I am praying that my welsummer egg isn't the one that's bad...

 

[debilorrah]

Man I hope that thing doesn explode....

 

[ms.cluckling]

thanks. I sure hope so too.

 

[ms.cluckling]

sigh...
time to go check the last two.
wish me luck!

 

[Mrs. Fluffy Puffy]

ms.cluckling -

I agree w/ LareePQG - Take a Deep Breath! In & Out! Now the egg(s) that aren't fully developed by now should be tossed.

and Good Luck!

Sending good hatching vibes you way!

 

[loot4louie]

I have done 2 hatches. Both times I was to chicken to trust my candling skills and never removed any eggs. No explosions! I know they happen, but I don't think they are all that common. Or maybe I am really lucky! I did notice a humid pungent smell at the end. It never alarmed me but, I just figured that birth normally smells a little I was such a nervous wreck the 1st 18 days with temps and all that at lockdown I just went with it!! HAVE FUN- GOOD LUCK!!

 

[ms.cluckling]

Thanks so much! All the eggs are good.
Thank you all for your quick responses!
I'll post pictures of the hatch when it happens!

 

[elizabethbinary]

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Oh man thank you for admitting this. I have the same problem and I always feel so guilty! Getting better at it though. Realizing a dead egg really is a dead egg....

Good luck on the hatch!