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Can your nose smell a bad egg

Discussion in 'Incubating & Hatching Eggs' started by ginbart, May 29, 2008.

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  1. May 29, 2008 #1
    ginbart

    ginbart Chillin' With My Peeps

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    I'm on day 18 today. [​IMG] but I have a bad smell.

    When I take the eggs out of the turner tonight will I be able to smell which egg is bad?

    I WILL BE VERY CAREFUL.

    Maybe it's just the bator that smells bad because I don't know what a bad egg smells like. [​IMG]
     
  3. May 29, 2008 #2
    hinkjc

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    When you smell each egg, you will know the bad one for sure. It smells like a rotten egg. ewww. You could also do a finally candling before moving them to the hatcher to make sure you only have good eggs in the hatcher to eliminate risk of contamination. Good luck with your hatch.

    Jody
     
  5. May 29, 2008 #3
    ginbart

    ginbart Chillin' With My Peeps

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    Thanks, I can't find my flashlight. I think my 7 yr old son took it. I'm going to buy a better one today so I can candle them. They are blue eggs and it was hard to see through them at 7 days when I had my light. .
     
  7. May 29, 2008 #4
    Ron

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    The bad ones often leak a very nasty fluid also. That's a SURE way to know they are bad! That's happened to me with current hatch in the incubator.
     
  9. May 29, 2008 #5
    SterlingAcres

    SterlingAcres Chillin' With My Peeps

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    Good luck! I couldn't see into my EE egg to save my life. You should definitely be able to smell the rotten one.
     
  11. May 29, 2008 #6
    ginbart

    ginbart Chillin' With My Peeps

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    Well I was able to smell the rotten one. Out of 12 EE eggs 3 were still clear and ONE was rotten. I carryed it so carefully to the garbage. I got the new flashlight with 80 L. I still could not see through the eggs but I could see the air cell but everything else was dark. Good luck everyone. Three more days to go. [​IMG] [​IMG] [​IMG] [​IMG] [​IMG] [​IMG] [​IMG]
     
  13. May 30, 2008 #7
    sara

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    Good luck! [​IMG]
     
  15. May 30, 2008 #8
    spook

    spook Chillin' With My Peeps

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    When I had my last batch in the bator, they smelled as the heat wasn't steady and they couldn't form fast enough for the hatch date...ewwww, it was horrible. I had to "dispose" of the unhatched chicks. Last time I hatch, destroyed the bator so no one else could use it! Good luck, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
     

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