NEED MORE HELP PLEASE....What do you clean your cabinet bator with?

[TACEYPERKINS]

Hi I purchased a used gqf cabinet bator for a really great deal. Come to find out, when I went to clean it out, it had the remnents of an explodded egg in it. Along with alot of mouse droppings. I have gotten alot of the loose stuff out, by vaccuum. But now what should I use? The rest of the stuff is caked on!
Any ideas?



What do you do to maintain it year to year?

 

[midget_farms]

bleech.

Just make sure you rinse it out good & let it dry before you put in any eggs.

 

[A.T. Hagan]

10:1 water/bleach solution and in the case of what you're talking about I'd also add some dish detergent. Then wipe out thoroughly with just the plain water/bleach solution.

 

[Chicken.Lytle]

And make sure you clean the vacuum & replace the bag. Mice can transmit hantavirus.

 

[MuranoFarms]

Oxine. I order it from revival vet supply. It's awesome!

 

[TACEYPERKINS]

Thanks everyone for the advice.



Is there anything you do specifically before you fire it up every Spring? Maintanice wise?

 

[TACEYPERKINS]

anyone please?

 

[midget_farms]

I just built mine - but I would guess you clean it out & run it for a couple of days before you plan to set the eggs


this way you can work out any issues with humidity or temps w/o harming the eggs.

 

[A.T. Hagan]

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I give it a good cleaning then run it for at least twenty four hours before I set the eggs to make sure everything is working properly.

 

[acid_chipmunk]

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X's 2 on the Oxine! Safer to use than bleach, no harmful odors. You can also get it from eggcartons.com. Just DO NOT get the activator crystals to go with it. You don't need them. If you use them, you have to use a NIOSH approved respirator to use it. Oxine is also safe to dip your eggs in before incubating.