I have 28 eggs set. 
Come join my first-ever hatch-a-long!
18 silkie eggs were shipped and arrived this morning.
10 more are my silkie eggs and are part of an experiment.
18 SHIPPED EGGS KEY: B = Buff, C = Cuckoo, P = Paint
Below them: O = 5 were soaked in Odoban disinfectant for 60 seconds and 5 were not, but put in the same incubator. (Explanation below the list.)
For those who want to jump in on this, pick an egg, and if you want, come up with a male/female name for it.
Thank you!
1B: @Boppo Boppo/Boppo
2B: @TwoCrows Tubey
3B: @The Chick Addict Sugar Plum/Damien - hatched 1/17/24
4B @Antiocheggers Jack/Jill
5B: @chanceosunshine Ovette - hatched 1/27/24
6B: @Birdsonghill Hope
7B: @Kiki Barbie
8B: @QueenofKings Slip
9B: @Chive Chestnut - hatched 1/17/24
10B: @Chickie McChickerson Marilyn/Monroe
11P: @Gigachad poultry - hatched 1/17/24
12P: @Tookie
13P @GirlsHuntToo Winter
14C: ? @Somewhere_In_The_Clouds Penn - hatched 1/17/24
15C: @fluffycrow Parsnip - hatched 1/27/24
16C: @Cloverr39 Lily/Lupin - hatched 1/17/24
17C @GreenJay Zoey/Joey or Cocoa Puffs
18C: @ForFlocksSake - hatched 1/17/24
19-23 are my silkie eggs. 24-28 are my silkie eggs soaked in Odoban
19: @janiedoe Tadpole - hatched 1/27/24
20: @2ndTink Maple - hatched 1/27/24
21: Michael (hubs) Trix - hatched 1/27/24
22: @LTAY1946 Bob/Bobbie
23: @ChickenLoverTrin
24-O: @2ndTink Ember - 2nd to hatch 1/26/24 2:15 p.m. CST
25-O: @BigBlueHen53 Wisconsin-Twenty-Five-Oh/Connie
26-O: @Patiocoturnix Maxwell/Holly - 1st to hatch 1/26/24 9:30 a.m. CST
27-O @Pampered chicken girl - hatched 1/27/24
28-O: @NagemTX Olivia/Oliver
Marek's spreads via dander and dust from the chicken. A hen who carries or has the Marek's virus could get dust/dander on her eggs. We stick those in an incubator as is, and chicks hatch most likely touching the shells, and could feasibly pick up Marek's within seconds of hatching. The odds are this wouldn't happen, but who wants to take the chance? Disinfecting the eggs isn't enough. The product used has to be strong enough to kill the herpes virus.
I used 10 silkie eggs. Five of them were soaked for 60 seconds in Odoban mixed to the 5oz in 1-gallon water ratio. I then quickly ran them under the faucet and set on paper towels to dry. They along with the other unsoaked five were put in the Brinsea incubator a distance apart. They were set at 7:00 p.m. CST. The 18 shipped eggs were set at 8:30 p.m. in the NR360.
Getting ready
All set. On the left, the 18 shipped eggs. The right has the 10 experimental.
Come join my first-ever hatch-a-long!18 silkie eggs were shipped and arrived this morning.
10 more are my silkie eggs and are part of an experiment.
18 SHIPPED EGGS KEY: B = Buff, C = Cuckoo, P = Paint
Below them: O = 5 were soaked in Odoban disinfectant for 60 seconds and 5 were not, but put in the same incubator. (Explanation below the list.)
For those who want to jump in on this, pick an egg, and if you want, come up with a male/female name for it.
Thank you!3B: @The Chick Addict Sugar Plum/Damien - hatched 1/17/24
5B: @chanceosunshine Ovette - hatched 1/27/24
9B: @Chive Chestnut - hatched 1/17/24
11P: @Gigachad poultry - hatched 1/17/24
14C: ? @Somewhere_In_The_Clouds Penn - hatched 1/17/24
15C: @fluffycrow Parsnip - hatched 1/27/24
16C: @Cloverr39 Lily/Lupin - hatched 1/17/24
18C: @ForFlocksSake - hatched 1/17/24
19-23 are my silkie eggs. 24-28 are my silkie eggs soaked in Odoban
19: @janiedoe Tadpole - hatched 1/27/24
20: @2ndTink Maple - hatched 1/27/24
21: Michael (hubs) Trix - hatched 1/27/24
24-O: @2ndTink Ember - 2nd to hatch 1/26/24 2:15 p.m. CST
26-O: @Patiocoturnix Maxwell/Holly - 1st to hatch 1/26/24 9:30 a.m. CST
27-O @Pampered chicken girl - hatched 1/27/24
The Experiment
Odoban is used in hospitals, hatcheries, etc. to kill germs, viruses, bacteria, etc. Herpes as well as about every other virus is listed as being killed by proper use of this product. Marek's is considered a herpes virus. Odoban's instructions to kill this and all viruses is to mix 5 oz of Odoban in 1 gallon of water and leave it on for 60 seconds. They do not discuss eggs, nor does anyone that a few of us could find. Thus, this experiment to see if (1) can eggs soaked in Odoban survive, and (2) would the Odoban soak have removed the bloom? If so, will those disinfected eggs now be vulnerable to germs and die?Marek's spreads via dander and dust from the chicken. A hen who carries or has the Marek's virus could get dust/dander on her eggs. We stick those in an incubator as is, and chicks hatch most likely touching the shells, and could feasibly pick up Marek's within seconds of hatching. The odds are this wouldn't happen, but who wants to take the chance? Disinfecting the eggs isn't enough. The product used has to be strong enough to kill the herpes virus.
I used 10 silkie eggs. Five of them were soaked for 60 seconds in Odoban mixed to the 5oz in 1-gallon water ratio. I then quickly ran them under the faucet and set on paper towels to dry. They along with the other unsoaked five were put in the Brinsea incubator a distance apart. They were set at 7:00 p.m. CST. The 18 shipped eggs were set at 8:30 p.m. in the NR360.
Getting ready
All set. On the left, the 18 shipped eggs. The right has the 10 experimental.
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