Can your nose smell a bad egg

[ginbart]

I'm on day 18 today.

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.

 

[hinkjc]

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

 

[ginbart]

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. .

 

[Ron]

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.

 

[SterlingAcres]

Good luck! I couldn't see into my EE egg to save my life. You should definitely be able to smell the rotten one.

 

[ginbart]

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.

 

[sara]

Good luck!

 

[spook]

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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!