Cleaning off poopy duck eggs for the bator ?

[maus]

How do you clean them? Ducks are so filthy. Should I just try using a brillo pad without water? Or is it different with duck eggs?

 

[MissPrissy]

If you look in my goose egg thread there are links to a clorox pdf about sanitizing waterfowl eggs. I had 3 grow bacteria after I put them in my bator so it is a good thing to wash them off. I used fine steel wool to clean my goos eggs up.

Let me find a link. -

here's one - https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=363096#p363096


and

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=371090#p371090

 

[Leslie In North Pole]

The bloom on duck eggs is really thick and I try not to scratch it as it protects the eggs from bateria, can you believe that the really yucky eggs hatch under momma ducks without a problem. To clean them up, I get a wet paper towel and wrap them up in it for a couple of moments. Then just use it to lightly wipe it off, leaving the egg clean and the bloom intact. I try not to use anything abrasive on eggs.

 

[maus]

Thank you M.P. and Leslie

Well, I did clean them but I just used a washcloth and warm water. I hope that was enough. They werent as dirty as the goose eggs on MP's thread but still yucky enough to make me a little nervous.

They are all set in the bator now. I hope they hatch. They are Runners and a few Pekins