new to incubating.do i toss or not.

[bucky52]

My hen left her clutch of eggs,after one hatched.It was a Staggard hatch,so I was expecting it.I purchased a incubator and put the 6 eggs in.I noticed when I went to turn them some was beginning to smell.They are due to hatch on Saturday June the 21,I have begun to toss the ones that had a bad smell to them.now I'm down to 2.i have one that had a boiled egg smell to it yesterday.i went to turn them and I could smell it when I lifted the top of the incubator.should I toss or do they have a smell when they get close to hatching.

 

[sumi]

They shouldn't be smelling bad... Candle them and have a look see what's going on in there.

 

[AmishThunder]

If it smells rotten it is definitely rotten. If it smells like a boiled egg I would keep it. Candle them with a powerful flashlight, good ones are veiny and bad ones have black blobs either floating around or stuck to the side of the shell.

 

[bucky52]

OK thanks.This all new to me.I did candle them yesterday.and their is defiantly a black blob.I could also see air space.so was not sure if it was a live chick.I have been looking at candling pictures.but still not sure what I am doing.

 

[AmishThunder]

When you candle it see if it moves on its own. I had one that looked half way between a blob and a chick embryo but then it started wiggling around in there and confirmed that it was not rotten.