need help washing quail eggs to incubate?

[1shotcleaner]

i just got 50 filthy eggs from a friend and would like to incubate them but they are very dirty. how do i go about washing them? iv never had really dirty eggs before. i keep my birds nicer than he does. if you know what and how to clean them please tell me. thank you in advance.

 

[MobyQuail]

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this says all I need to know, I say pickle his eggs and raise your own eggs/birds

other than that, I have heard, dilute bleach solution. ~ 1 minute at 110- 120 degrees

I do not incubate the really dirty ones. my .02

 

[syble]

i was chicken eggs because i'm a poop freak, but quail shells are soooo thin!

when i do my chicken eggs, i use running warm(almost hot) water, and the ultra soft tooth brush. gently rub away the muck and hope for the best...
Good luck
Sib

 

[Denninmi]

I washed a batch this spring in 105 degree water with Brinsea's egg wash/disinfectant. They were pretty dirty going in. I put them in a bowl of the solution, left for 2 minutes, gently stirring most of the time. Then, I rinsed them under running water of the same temp, and put them back into a fresh bowl of the solution. I scrubbed at a few with the worst spots. I didn't rinse after the second wash.

Had the best quail hatch ever. Been washing turkey eggs and having good results too.

 

[Stellar]

You can take a dry cloth and scub some scum off but I would stick them in the bator. Unless you know they are not fresh....

 

[_Randall_]

Run some very warm water over them as you scrub the poop away (even with a Scotch-Brite pad while doing so) . I did this about a month ago on ~160 Bob eggs, and even after passing them from my bator to somebody elses several miles away 6 days before hatch-out, the hatch was still 80% successful. And these chicks hatched against even more odds than egg washing!

 

[JJMR794]

Personally I Am A Purist... Set Them The Way Momma Left 'em

 

[aprophet]

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THATS HOW i ROLL TOO BUT i BUILT ROLL OUT PENS the first quail that ever stared at the egg rolling away cracked me up LOL

 

[snyd08]

i just recently tried using a very light sand paper on a batch of very dirty bantam eggs. every egg hatched. 12 for 12. i sanded them pretty good on a few leaving even sandpaper marks. either way i didnt do enough damage to the eggs to effect the pores or developing embrio. i would use this method on my japanese quail eggs however i dont get dirty quail eggs hardly ever. chicken eggs all the time. but i get to the quail in time. im sure a light sand would do the trick. just be gentle.

 

[Stellar]

Duck eggs can get pretty bad

with mud and rain chicken too. But I don't see how hard it is to keep quail cages clean.