Really stinky incubator

[MoodyChicken]

Is it normal for an incubator to smell TERRIBLE during the hatching phase? I only have two eggs in there, both alive and doing well and pipping. I had 4 chicks hatch in there yesterday. They pooped and left egg bits and membrane everywhere. So is it normal for it to smell this bad? I had to vacate my bedroom last night. lol.

 

[kinnip]

Mine is always a little ripe during a hatch.

 

[BirdBoy88]

yup it's normal

during hatching time when the chicks hatch that nasty after birth blup stuff left in the egg smells because the heat with high humidity in the bator

 

[enola]

I don't hatch in the incubator, I move my eggs to the incubator that I use for hatching. I usually do staggered hatches, so only clean the hatcher every two weeks. Mine never smells bad. I mean I can smell an odor when I open it, but, not until it is open.

 

[MoodyChicken]

Normally I move mine to the hatcher too, but these were the last eggs so I thought I'd leave em be. This new bator has a fan... so it's been blowing stinky air throughout my room. The smell won't hurt the two eggs that haven't hatched yet?