How to Clean Hatching Eggs

[Aleelupton]

What is the best way to clean hatching eggs without removing the bloom? We are entering muddy season and I am finding that a simple dry sponge is not cutting it. Can you incubate eggs with a little dried mud/poop that just wont come off?

Thanks in advance

 

[BirdsBeesTrees]

I did a while experiment with this. I washed 1/2 the eggs and didn't wash the other half, washing made no difference at all. I filled a Dixie cup half peroxide and half warm water. I used a cotton ball.

 

[chickens really]

Definitely or start adding in a bedding.

 

[Aleelupton]

I did a while experiment with this. I washed 1/2 the eggs and didn't wash the other half, washing made no difference at all. I filled a Dixie cup half peroxide and half warm water. I used a cotton ball.

What if I ship hatching eggs? Do you think washing them is still safe? I feel like of the purpose of the bloom is to protect the chick then I should leave it intact at all costs.

 

[BirdsBeesTrees]

What if I ship hatching eggs? Do you think washing them is still safe? I feel like of the purpose of the bloom is to protect the chick then I should leave it intact at all costs.

I would try to keep nests as clean as possible and let the buyer clean them.