I did some googling awhile back about how hatcheries do things. Since they routinely wash the eggs before setting, obviously this doesn't keep them from hatching.
And, it's sometimes the case, that even the so-called experts, sometimes pass along wrong information, because it's what they've always been told.
Once upon a time, it was well known by everybody that tomatoes and potatoes were deadly poisonous. Doctors said so. Books said so. Botany experts said so. Later, people found that you could eat both, with no ill effects.
There's always new research going on concerning all kinds of things, and we continually find out that what we were once told is wrong.
Another member recently posted a comment about new incubating research being done, and that so far it was indicating that some of the things we've been told is wrong. Unfortunately, I can't find the thread, or remember which one it was. Maybe somebody with a better memory will read this and post a link.
Meanwhile, I'll trust my very own experience, to tell me what's true and what isn't. I know my washed eggs hatch. That batch was dipped in bleach water, but sometimes they are not. I had one hen who kept leaving the eggs to get cold, and eggs kept getting broken in the nest, and I washed those eggs several times during incubation, because I has afraid the dried egg goo would suffocate the chicks. The last time I didn't even bother to bring them up to the house, (I thought they were a lost cause, at that point) I washed them in the cold water at the coop faucet and stuck the hen back on them. By day 21 she only had 6 of 12 left, the rest having been broken. 5 hatched, to my amazement.
Now I know (because I left goo covered egg alone to see what would happen) that the egg goo quickly gets rubbed off on the bedding, so I don't usually do that anymore, unless there's all kinds of debris stuck to the egg. If dried egg gets rubbed off that easily, what do you suppose happens to that delicate bloom?
So pardon my skepticism about the experts. Information getting published doesn't always mean it's correct, I've seen all kinds of wrong info get published. No disrespect intended toward the authors, I have one of Damerow's books, and refer people to it often. I still disagree with her about the egg washing, however, because my own experience has proven it to be incorrect.
Did your egg hatch?
And, it's sometimes the case, that even the so-called experts, sometimes pass along wrong information, because it's what they've always been told.
Once upon a time, it was well known by everybody that tomatoes and potatoes were deadly poisonous. Doctors said so. Books said so. Botany experts said so. Later, people found that you could eat both, with no ill effects.
There's always new research going on concerning all kinds of things, and we continually find out that what we were once told is wrong.
Another member recently posted a comment about new incubating research being done, and that so far it was indicating that some of the things we've been told is wrong. Unfortunately, I can't find the thread, or remember which one it was. Maybe somebody with a better memory will read this and post a link.
Meanwhile, I'll trust my very own experience, to tell me what's true and what isn't. I know my washed eggs hatch. That batch was dipped in bleach water, but sometimes they are not. I had one hen who kept leaving the eggs to get cold, and eggs kept getting broken in the nest, and I washed those eggs several times during incubation, because I has afraid the dried egg goo would suffocate the chicks. The last time I didn't even bother to bring them up to the house, (I thought they were a lost cause, at that point) I washed them in the cold water at the coop faucet and stuck the hen back on them. By day 21 she only had 6 of 12 left, the rest having been broken. 5 hatched, to my amazement.
Now I know (because I left goo covered egg alone to see what would happen) that the egg goo quickly gets rubbed off on the bedding, so I don't usually do that anymore, unless there's all kinds of debris stuck to the egg. If dried egg gets rubbed off that easily, what do you suppose happens to that delicate bloom?
So pardon my skepticism about the experts. Information getting published doesn't always mean it's correct, I've seen all kinds of wrong info get published. No disrespect intended toward the authors, I have one of Damerow's books, and refer people to it often. I still disagree with her about the egg washing, however, because my own experience has proven it to be incorrect.
Did your egg hatch?
