rotten egg in bator- I think

[hollyk]

There is a not so pleasant odor in the bator when I open it to add water. I set these on Dec 4th- 36 total

Last time I set chicken eggs 29 of the 36 eggs hatched and I never candled or anything and I don't remember a smell.

I have hatched chicken eggs once and guinea eggs twice. Both time with no incident. My daughter incubated geese eggs and did have a couple of rotten ones.

What makes the difference between an egg that doesn't hatch and doesn't smell and a rotten egg?

 

[dovecanyon]

You will want to find out which egg(s) are smelly and get them out right away. If they explode, they will contaminate the rest of the good eggs.

 

[bigdawg]

very gently pick up each one and smell it. could be more than one bad. not all bad eggs smell bad. you could also candle them.

 

[rebelcowboysnb]

when you find a smelly one I would wash my hands before picking up the rest to smell them.