Is it better to rinse yoke off eggs, or let it go.

[kelseygirl707]

Hello,
I just received eggs that were well packed, but the USPS decided to play kick-box with it, so I lost a few eggs, but the extras sent covered the loss. So it's been about 6 months or more since I have incubated, and I know you are not supposed to wash the eggs, but some of mine have some yoke on them, it is better to rinse them quickly or should I just set them with the yoke on them? I feel like I am learning it all over again, LOL.

 

[Chicken Chat]

I try not to wash the ones that I set, but that is just because I am afraid to do anything to lower my hatch. However, I have set an egg that I washed and put in the fridge for a week this fall(I didn't plan on incubating those but it was a last minute decision), and I got a wonderful little hen out of it, so who knows. If it bothers you that it could lead to contamination, I say wash it off carefully.

 

[PandoraTaylor]

Rinse them off with water about 20 degrees warmer than the eggs.
Hatcheries wash the eggs all the time, as well as fumigate them.
If your worried about bacteria from your water you could add, 2 -3 drops of bleach, or Oxine to the water.
I use a small bowl, dip the egg and rub with papertowel to remove anything on the outside.

 

[little_grey_bantam]

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They fumigate them?
They also apparently dip them in a chlorox bleach solution.
As long as you don't "Rub it in" I don't think it is the issue... and as long as it is not poo (bacteria). It should be fine.
It's just yoke, if it's still wet, rinse it off

 

[onthespot]

I tried hatching one with yolk on it and it couldn't breathe and suffocted in the shell. Go ahead and try to get it off. If it is a lot of the surface covered, the chick won't make it anyhow. May as well give it a chance with a rinsed off egg as one guaranteed non-porous.

 

[kelseygirl707]

Well they are all dry now

and they were all wrapped in bubble wrap, so they weren't completely covered, but some seepage got on them. Hmmm, I'm thinking I will just put them in and see what happens, it's not like the yoke was gloopy all over them, some just has moisture from the broken eggs.

THANKS ALL!