Greetings, Do you clean your eggs before you set them? I'm about to set for incubation, wondering what most experienced hatchers do. Thankyou Richard
Rinsing with warm water is fine, but soap can get in the egg and cause a bad hatch. Not very healthy. Do not rinse the eggs unless the water is warm, not cold, so the egg doesn't get struck by coldness and kill the embryo.
Just did NPIP pre inspection a little while back, the state vet that was there said that washing was not mandatory, however, they strongly advise a disinfecting dip. I normally don't wash or disinfect, unless the egg is really cruddy.
Thanks! That's what I needed! I knew not to wash but wondered if cleaning was nessary. I just set a few as is. Thankyou Richard
I just set my clean eggs... if its dirty I wash and cook/eat I do not wash any egg I set. I have had washed eggs sent to me and the hatch rates for me on washed has not been good. yet the unwashed ones have good hatch rates. But thats me personally.. everyone is different.
I'm going to set a few eggs tomorrow night. We had 3 days and night without electricity, lost the batch that was in the bator. The girls candled the eggs they all had signs, veins, they had been in the bator for just 4 days. Richard
