Bad Egg

[Rebecca Radacky]

I am hatching my first batch of chicken eggs. They have been incubating for one week. Out of 6, I have 2 that are definitely alive and healthy. When I checked on them this evening, there was a very bad odor coming from the incubator so I checked the eggs to find that one of them had leaked. I removed the bad egg and discarded it but a small amount of the fluid from the bad egg leaked into the incubator. What should I do with it, leave it or clean it out? I am worried about bacteria growing if I leave it but don't want to jeopardize the 2 that I know are good. Help, Thank you.

 

[yo burrill]

I would wipe out the bator! It will not hurt the eggs to be out of the bator for a few minutes to do that, Better that than the eggs getting the bacteria too.

 

[Rebecca Radacky]

Thank you

 

[CarolJ]

I agree - remove the egg - clean the bator quickly - then put the eggs back in. A broody hen is off the eggs for a few minutes each day. When I use the incubator, I always take the eggs out to candle them at least a couple times during the 21-day incubation period. Taking them out for a few minutes to clean the bator won't hurt them.

 

[yo burrill]

My broody hen will get off the nest for up to an hour on warm days. So there is no danger to the fluffy butts!!!