Diary & Notes ~ Air Cell Detatched SHIPPED Chicken Eggs for incubation and hatching

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i got a boat load of eggs today

some covered in poop and mud - geez

one set, 24 turkens were poorly packed. over half smashed. yolk everywhere

do i try and hatch the rest or just toss them??

if so, any recommendation on cleaning them?
 
i got a boat load of eggs today

some covered in poop and mud - geez

one set, 24 turkens were poorly packed. over half smashed. yolk everywhere

do i try and hatch the rest or just toss them??

if so, any recommendation on cleaning them?

I have debated myself with the to clean or not to clean question. I concluded in my head that if they were expensive eggs or something I really wanted I would clean and give it a shot. I think I would clean all the eggs in that bator so less chance of something nasty from an unclean egg infecting the cleaned eggs. I use a natural egg wash from the farm store and it has incubating egg cleaning instructions on it as well. That is just what I decided I would do if it were me. And that is in a nutshell the discussion I have in my head. There is more where that came from.
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i got a boat load of eggs today

some covered in poop and mud - geez

one set, 24 turkens were poorly packed. over half smashed. yolk everywhere

do i try and hatch the rest or just toss them??

if so, any recommendation on cleaning them?

Candle them to see if the air cells are fairly intact. If they are, then I would go for it. Wash the eggs with warm water and scrub gently.

I've done experiments on washing hatching eggs and I found that washing the eggs made no difference in their hatchability. If fact, one of my 100% hatch rates was with all washed eggs. I even washed a broody hen's eggs once and all but one of them hatched.
 
The humidity is at 57%. The temp is still around 99.5. Is the temp ok? No other news to report. I have wet paper towels with one end in the water reservoir and the other ends spread out in the bottom of the incubator. The humidity still won't go any higher. Geezey peezey.
 
Sally, I just separated him for now. I'll put up a craigslist ad tomorrow because I really don't want to keep a piranha.

And yes, many cochin breeders have to trim or pluck vent fluff in order for successful breeding and I imagine that the same thing goes for silkies.
My husband is the "fish guy" around here and he loves carnivorous fish, we have oscars and clown knife fish and others that i cant remember the names but he would totally take the piranha but we live in Washington. I hope you find someone on Craigslist but if you don't maybe we could pay for shipping as a last resort.
 
My husband is the "fish guy" around here and he loves carnivorous fish, we have oscars and clown knife fish and others that i cant remember the names but he would totally take the piranha but we live in Washington. I hope you find someone on Craigslist but if you don't maybe we could pay for shipping as a last resort.
I do love knife fish. I've had a couple African and Black Ghost knife fish, but a piranha is a different story, haha.

I imagine that someone will take him, but if not, I'll keep you in mind.
 
The humidity is at 57%. The temp is still around 99.5. Is the temp ok? No other news to report. I have wet paper towels with one end in the water reservoir and the other ends spread out in the bottom of the incubator. The humidity still won't go any higher. Geezey peezey.
If you are on lockdown When I use paper towels they never seem to hold enough moisture I have better luck with cotton jersey or terry rags or towels .soaking wet and as wide an area as you can do . under where you are adding your water Always have to remember surface moisture is what brings humidity up. Try a wet rag or 2 GOOD LUCK!
 
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