dirty eggs

[seminolewind]

Does anyone incubate dirty eggs? Like poopy eggs that the poo has been wiped off of?

 

[little_grey_bantam]

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I was going to do a test this week. Sometimes on a rainy day, I get a bunch of dirty eggs or if I manage to save up a dozen and a half dirty eggs from the eggs I didn't sell, I figure out a way to incubate them.

I saw a show where they dipped them in chlorox and they had a killer hatch rate!
I'm actually going to try it.

 

[seminolewind]

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I was going to do a test this week. Sometimes on a rainy day, I get a bunch of dirty eggs or if I manage to save up a dozen and a half dirty eggs from the eggs I didn't sell, I figure out a way to incubate them.

I saw a show where they dipped them in chlorox and they had a killer hatch rate!
I'm actually going to try it.

Are you sure they didn't dip in oxine? I would think that bleach is toxic

 

[pbjmaker]

Where does one find this oxine that I hear people talk about? I tried getting some at the feed store tonight and he didn't even know what it was.

 

[sonew123]

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I bought a gallon when my duck was ill for his respitory problems-I never wound up using it because by the time I got it he was much better...I got it from
revivalanimal.com great pricing too oh and I clean every egg to get poop off--yuckie and it keeps the bacteria out of bator..

 

[Smokin Silkies]

Mine just started laying for the first time so I stuck a few in the bator....all fertile and 2 were pretty dirty. I kinda wiped them off with a dry paper towel but they were still kinda dirty so I just stuck them in anyhow. We'll see in a couple weeks what happens

 

[mstricer]

I dont use dirty eggs. I find that if the perch they use to get into nest is poopie, then eggs are dirty. I would just wait for the next batch. Doesnt that increase risk of bacteria going to to heat?

 

[Smokin Silkies]

Oh man, I didn't think of it that way. I just figured if they were dirty that particular egg just might not hatch....I'm not sure if it would ruin the other eggs or not??? hmmmmm

 

[sonew123]

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yes it does..SO with every egg in bator they get spot checks from me. I learned the hard way when I first started incubating and put in a batch from aBYCer that was sooo not clean and the hatch was bad-smelly-and chicks were not healthy looking...I wont take that chance again.

 

[Paganbird]

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Same thing happened to me. I agree 100% with Sonew.