Hatchright spray ????

[Garden Peas]

Here's an abstract of an article about quaternary ammonium sanitizer, which says it increased the hatch rate...

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2356172

 

[Garden Peas]

This one has interesting comparisons of the effectiveness of quaternary ammonium, hydrogen peroxide, phenol and plain water:

http://www.poultry.uga.edu/documents/buhr2010.pdf

 

[Garden Peas]

Okay, I have been looking and looking for something like this... a description of various poultry disinfectant product lines:

http://preserveinternational.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10&Itemid=33

 

[Garden Peas]

Here's one that explains how to make a disinfecting solution:

http://www.poultryhelp.com/uc-pfs22.html

 

[Garden Peas]

Here's a long, old thread from the chicken people... everything I am turning up seems to concur with/support the statements that BlackSheepCardigans made

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/426155/why-no-washing-disinfecting-eggs

 

[Garden Peas]

This is a helpful article that mentions which products reduced the hatching rate:

http://poultrybusinessconsultant.blogspot.com/2010/06/hatching-egg-sanitation.html

 

[Garden Peas]

Okay, I started disinfecting the eggs with hydrogen peroxide, because I already had a bottle in the cabinet. So far, I have treated 5 eggs with 3% hydrogen peroxide (various concentrations have been studied, from 0.7% up to 6%, with eggs still hatching even at 6%). Only two of the treated eggs have enough time incubating so far to candle, both of them are showing very vigorous development.

Who knows? Got another 3 weeks to go

Not sure what to try next... waffling between chlorine & quats

 

[AugeredIn]

Why not just use the disinfectant that is produced by possibly the largest incubator manufacturer in the world, Brinsea? This question has been answered and proven many times. Find some videos on huge hatchery operations and see if they disinfect their eggs.

 

[caleb123neal]

Sad thing is,there probably months behind in back orders.
In N.H.,Tony

it isnt

 

[caleb123neal]

Say what?? Maybe the "magic spray" is just water to help with the humidity lol.

it isnt a spray its a powder that you mix with water