embyos dying at day 7

[encorepistol]

I candled some eggs I filled up my hovabator with and a lot of them had the blood ring. My temp is stable at 100 and humidity runs betwen 50-55%. What causes this? I dont put in dirty eggs and it is the first setting of eggs for the year with it. I cant wait to get my cabinet completed!

 

[smchickfarm]

if you have blood rings, bacteria has somehow gotten into the egg. Were your eggs porous at all?

 

[Coldweatherbirds]

Sorry, newbie.... am I supposed to wash my eggs before setting? I thought washing them removed some sort of protective layer that eggs naturally have. I've been saving eggs for 6 days... is it too late to wash the ones with smears?

 

[smchickfarm]

you are right about the washing, you don't want to do that. However, if they are really dirty, you can try to get it off by taking a damp paper towel and trying to get the dirst/smears off without wiping the whole egg off. If i am collecting eggs to incubate and I get 1 or 2 that are really dirty, I just don't even mess them.

how bad are the "smears" on them?