Shipping dirty hatching eggs

[FarmerJohn3285]

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LMAO!!!

That is the funniest thing I think I have ever seen in this forum.

I've come close to typing words like that, but hesitate because most ppl on here try to "talk PC"

, but that just hit my funny bone, something serious!!!

 

[Sparklee]

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Well, for someone.

Thankfully, McSpin, above has tried it and he/she washes the shipped eggs with yolk on them.

 

[Sparklee]

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Words to live by.

 

[bantiebabe1200]

This is great to know!

Thanks for sharing this info. It will certainly help me with my breeding projects. I can't always tell whats real and what isn't until I either try it or hear from someone else with experience in the matter about the truth.

 

[McSpin]

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Don't rely on what I've experienced. There may be something about my procedures, my incubation or another factor that may have benefited me. My point is, don't depend on what you read. It may not hold true in your situation. Too many people are simply repeating what they've read and often times something is lost in the translation.

 

[bantiebabe1200]

Noted. I'll keep that in mind. Thanks!

 

[danhonour]

If your nests are cleaned and fresh hay/straw,is put in them regular,and the hens have plenty of nests,you generally get very clean eggs.If only a few nests the hen may brake eggs and start egg eating,lots of cracked eggs and eggs with egg yolk and hay particles.I will wash eggs if soiled in warm water and a very mild soap,and have seen very little difference in the hatch rate,will also add a drop of bleach to the water (very small amount per gallon)in the incubator. I think this keeps down the germ growth in the warm water. I like to wash out the incubator when I am finished hatching with a bleach solution.

 

[WestKnollAmy]

I put a drop or 2 of Oxine in my bator water. I think it may help the eggs and the inside of the bator.

I personally have set and had great hatches from dirt smeared eggs. Even ones that get a leaky egg above it in the bator have come out well. Not smelling like a rose, mind you, but I did not wash it off. Just wiped it.

I have gotten dirty eggs from sellers here on BYC and had a 100% hatch. I had no problem setting them.

I have never washed an egg to set but have picked up a few from mud (emphasis on mud) puddles and set them with good results, after wiping them down as best I could. I will pick off the poop but do not sand paper it for a fear of removing that precious bloom.

I have only had one complaint about dirty eggs that I have sent. I had wiped them off but did not wash them. It was raining and the bantam Cochins can not be taught to wipe their feet so the eggs were dirt smeared. The buyer had a cow! Insisted that they had to be washed and figured she would not get a good hatch. Probably not considering that attitude. Even sent me a photo, which I have kept, to show me how dirty they were. Like I did not wrap them.

They were fresh eggs, in good shape and the ones I set at the same time (always my policy) hatched at 100% here.

I'm with Lanae, they get dirty, deal with it. And she raises a difficult breed for many so if she can set them and they hatch then you know dirt smeared eggs do fine. Not to mention, I am sure Lanae has hatched many more eggs than most.

 

[Sparklee]

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What's your experience with hatching shipped eggs that have the contents of broken eggs all over the outside of them? Or is that included in the "dirty" eggs you mention?

 

[Sparklee]

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Thanks for input. And thanks to others for input also.

Omphalitis hasn't been entirely eradicated yet, so the comment about adding a miniscule amount of bleach to the incubator water doesn't fall on deaf ears.