So with this hatch and the last hatch, I've noticed a certain increase in the smell of my incubator. In the last hatch, about a week before the eggs actually hatched, the smell drastically increased- to where I could smell it down the hall from where it was in my room. Now, it's definitely not a rotten egg smell, and last time there were no incubator bombs forming, the chicks were fine. It's not even a BAD smell, it's just a very strong chickeny smell. I removed clears and questionables on day 10, and there was no smell then.
The incubator was brand new last time and I cleaned it between that hatch and this one. This batch is a week from hatching and it's starting to get that smell again. Has anyone else experienced this? Is it possibly just the smell of warm chick in the eggs? It's very odd- not bad, just curious.
The incubator was brand new last time and I cleaned it between that hatch and this one. This batch is a week from hatching and it's starting to get that smell again. Has anyone else experienced this? Is it possibly just the smell of warm chick in the eggs? It's very odd- not bad, just curious.