Help!

[RebeccaSilkies]

I accidentally washed fertilized chicken eggs under cold water and I'm worried I could have killed them. Is it possible for them to still hatch even though I ran them under cold water? We started warming them back up again pretty quickly and got them back under the hens but I'm concerned that I doomed them to die because I made a stupid mistake.

 

[SilverBirds]

What day are they on? If they're far along to see development I would candle them tomorrow and see how they look.

 

[Chicken_tiger_catt]

I accidentally washed fertilized chicken eggs under cold water and I'm worried I could have killed them. Is it possible for them to still hatch even though I ran them under cold water? We started warming them back up again pretty quickly and got them back under the hens but I'm concerned that I doomed them to die because I made a stupid mistake.

Is this a duplicate thread?

 

[RebeccaSilkies]

Is this a duplicate thread?

Yeah. I posted it on two different ones because I didn't know if people would see it over here.

 

[RebeccaSilkies]

What day are they on? If they're far along to see development I would candle them tomorrow and see how they look.

The eggs range from 1-9 days old.

 

[Chicken_tiger_catt]

The eggs range from 1-9 days old.

Wait, do you mean collect date, or begin incubation date?

 

[RebeccaSilkies]

Wait, do you mean collect date, or begin incubation date?

We collected them today but that's how old the eggs are themselves.

 

[Chicken_tiger_catt]

We collected them today but that's how old the eggs are themselves.

K.

 

[SilverBirds]

The eggs range from 1-9 days old.

Is this the age of the eggs since laid or how long they've been developing? If it's by development, you're going to have a very staggered hatch.