Incubator smell during hatch

[williamsl77]

Normal to stink a fair amount?

 

[tmoore8595]

No, sounds like you have a bad egg.

 

[CapricornFarm]

Sniff each egg and look for seepage. I wear latex gloves if i find a stinker, you don't want that on your skin

 

[jwg423]

So it is not normal during hatch. But what about after hatch?

Just got done with my first hatch and after a few of my chicks hatched I noticed it was getting a little stinky inside the incubator, but being a newbie I thought that it must be normal. By the time my chicks were dry the incubator stunk the whole room up. I had 4 eggs that didn't hatch, but I never opened them up to see what happened inside.

 

[williamsl77]

It doesn't smell like rot. It smells kinda like warm chicken poop. I think it must be normal but strong because I'm having a three day hatch. Woke up this am to three more out and two more zipped.

 

[LarryPQ]

Once you go into lockdown, the bator stinks. It smells like afterbirth, mildew, blood, and poo.

 

[madamwlf]

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I agree. Once the chicks started hatching, I noticed a smell in my Hovabator. Once it was cleaned, smell was gone.