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Glad you asked.
To make a very long story kinda short, I "scrubbed" 215 eggs under very warm (almost too uncomfortable after a bit) running water with a ScothBrite pad until they were very clean (maybe a faint stain here and yonder)........but they were pretty and white. 161 of those candled good-to-go, and that batch was a staggered hatch. As well, these eggs were kept in a 48 - 49 degree spare refrigerator (that was with the thermostat turned all the way up to the max). Not to mention (somebody
) left the lights (three 40 watt bulb system) on for 4 hours (which by the way is not thermostatically controlled - but meant to use the ol' thinker and turn it off when I walk away). The result on that venture: 109 degree temp in the bator when I caught it
............. I'm thinkin' "they're toast!!" I gave this whole batch to a friend who got me started because they lost their whole crop because somebody/something (coon suspected) got the coop door open, and away they went by the time they had noticed. Anyway, they came got my eggs (with part of them due to hatch in 5 days), put them in the back of a pickup, rode 18 miles home, put them in a GQF, and...............................................had a 80% hatch out of 161........and, again, that's with a staggered hatch in the same bator. Some may not believe this "fairy tale" story, heck I don't care, but I have no reason to stretch any of it. Those little devils are tough.
I've got a 3-tier staggered hatch going right now, and NO, I didn't wash the first egg....and some of them ain't purdy either
, but I had 80 out of 86 to hatch in round one. Just put round two in lockdown. We'll see ...........
My opinion of wash vs. don't wash? ............ Dudin' Matter!!!!
nice hatch, good data and nice of ya to help out your friends!
btw, are you still wearing the labcoat Dr. Randall?
lol..........I wish I was gettin doctor's pay, Tractor. I guess I'm confident enough to know it doesn't make a rat's patoosa if eggs are washed or not. Done seen good results from both cases. Unless it's just caked in poop, I ain't foolin with the washin stuff again. Some say it ain't good to put the poopy eggs in the bator. I guess time will tell on that theory sooner or later. I've decided some of us get too all bent out of shape worrying over the things that we read about that have controversial opinions from one extreme to the other (kinda like the wash / don't wash thing) Gather'em, set'em, candle'em, hatch'em, and repeat........ That's what I'ma gonna keep on doin' ....... whatever happens, happens. Keep to the basics......Temperature, Humidity, and Turning being the key 3.
Glad you asked.
I've got a 3-tier staggered hatch going right now, and NO, I didn't wash the first egg....and some of them ain't purdy either
My opinion of wash vs. don't wash? ............ Dudin' Matter!!!!
nice hatch, good data and nice of ya to help out your friends!
btw, are you still wearing the labcoat Dr. Randall?
lol..........I wish I was gettin doctor's pay, Tractor. I guess I'm confident enough to know it doesn't make a rat's patoosa if eggs are washed or not. Done seen good results from both cases. Unless it's just caked in poop, I ain't foolin with the washin stuff again. Some say it ain't good to put the poopy eggs in the bator. I guess time will tell on that theory sooner or later. I've decided some of us get too all bent out of shape worrying over the things that we read about that have controversial opinions from one extreme to the other (kinda like the wash / don't wash thing) Gather'em, set'em, candle'em, hatch'em, and repeat........ That's what I'ma gonna keep on doin' ....... whatever happens, happens. Keep to the basics......Temperature, Humidity, and Turning being the key 3.
