Egg Explosion on Hatch Day

[trudeaunicole]

Hi everyone! I’ve been hatching for a few years now and have not had this problem before.

I have a batch of Black Copper Marans eggs in the incubator and today is hatch day! I just checked on the eggs and saw that one is pipped. However, I also smelled a foul odor and can see that one egg seems to be leaking something. Should I let it be since I can see a pipped egg or will leaving it effect the others hatching? It just so happens to be directly next to the pipped egg. I worry that it will create an even bigger mess if/when the chicks bump into it

 

[Yorkshire Coop]

Personally I would get in there and remove that stinky/leaky egg. If it does go pop it could jeopardise your other eggs/chicks.

Opening the incubator is not ideal but in this instance certainly worth the risk.

Good luck with your hatch.

 

[Chicks 'n ducks]

Take it out! It could seriously comprise your hatch by leaking bacteria everywhere/ exploding. Have a spray bottle with you and mist into the incubator when you are done removing the egg. that should keep the humidity up.

 

[ChickNanny13]

Remove ASAP ... Fast in an out won't affect your hatch. When it explodes it will contaminate the rest of your eggs & the incubator will not be fun to clean. When you remove put in a plastic bag & that in another & dispose ASAP. I've had a goose egg explode, not fun at all

 

[trudeaunicole]

Thank you all! I removed the egg. Fingers crossed that the rest are okay!

 

[Compost King]

If you have the means to move the incubator to the bathroom (or any room where you can jack up the humidity) I would Run the shower on hot water with the door closed until the mirror is good an fogged up. At a Space heater if you have it then move the incubator to a very humid steamy bathroom and open it there, find a safe place to put the eggs in the bathroom like a cooler or something, then clean the incubator. Not sure if you have the means to do that but that is what I would do in that situation. Terrible time to have this happen. I am no expert on if this would make it worse or not so if someone with more experience says its a bad idea I would suggest listening to them.