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[poultryand bees]

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Does that work for washed refrigerated eggs?

I always wash and sanitize my hatching eggs. I dip them in a 10% bleach solution which is 1 tablespoon per gallon. Then I let them air dry. I use the same on the incubator too in a spray bottle as I use the dry method of incubation.

is there a secret to washing eggs, like having the water warmer/colder than the eggs so that bacteria doesn't enter the inside through the pores in the shell?

 

[poultryand bees]

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Have you candled them to confirm that they developed? do you hear any peeping? Are they developing a rotten egg odor?

 

[Soonerguy33]

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Have you candled them to confirm that they developed? do you hear any peeping? Are they developing a rotten egg odor?

Yes they are in their 3 of hatched but 11 have not...No peeping or pipping

 

[Dandelion007]

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Have you candled them to confirm that they developed? do you hear any peeping? Are they developing a rotten egg odor?

Yes they are in their 3 of hatched but 11 have not...No peeping or pipping

I'd like to confirm what you last said. Was it that 3 had hatched and 11 were left that had not pipped? If so, when did the 3 hatch?

 

[Soonerguy33]

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Yes they are in their 3 of hatched but 11 have not...No peeping or pipping

I'd like to confirm what you last said. Was it that 3 had hatched and 11 were left that had not pipped? If so, when did the 3 hatch?

Day 21... 3 hatched

 

[al6517]

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ROY :
It's the second and fourth Saturday of the month at 5pm, so the next one after this Sat Oct 17th is November 14 @ Blanchard.

AL

 

[poultryand bees]

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I generally leave the eggs in for 25 days before I give up hope, unless they are starting to smell

As a practical matter however, any that actually hatch more than 2 days after day 21 have had mushy bellies and didn't thrive. You might consider opening one to see if there is a nasty odor to the developed chick and observe whether there is still liquid inside the egg.

 

[al6517]

I also open mine to try and get a idea as to what went wrong and how far along in development they made it to. By day 23 I am at least candling for progress, by day 25 were done.

AL

 

[al6517]

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Are you heading toward too high humidity and drowning LES ???.

AL

 

[CleoChick]

The first egg has hatched out of the eggs that Teach picked up at POOPS for me. Looks like a black silkie. My daughter is thrilled. She lost her silkies in the dog attack. There are 143 left to go. lol There are about 14 guinea eggs and 2 turkey eggs included in that total. This should be interesting...