SMELLY BATOR! Day 15! WHAT SHOULD I DO!

[glewis121]

So I locked down the bator yesterday with 45 coturnix eggs in it.

This is the 2nd hatch from the same set of 9 quail. The eggs were collected over an 8 day period.

Tonight I noticed that rotten egg smell coming from the bator! What should i do!?!

 

[JJMR794]

Looks like your fixin to play "beagle"----LOL

hunt down the offending egg/ eggs and discard them. I would not leave them in there as the gases given off may cause the other eggs to die.

 

[enola]

Worse yet, they may explode ! You need to get them out of there immediately......

 

[FortWorthChicks]

the old game of Find the smell, when you win you lose!

 

[SamG347]

Yep sounds like you got a rotten egg in the basket. Now time to play Needle in the hay stack. Take each egg out individually and look it over for any cracks....puss....or smell. I have had to do this several times in the past. I always candled now before placing eggs to catch cracks I can't see with my naked eye. And then candle around day 7 of incubation on Coturnix or bobs.

 

[kelseygirl707]

But I think the problem is that glewis121 is already on lockdown, the question is, is it worth opening the bator, or just hope it doesn't explode before the end of the hatch.

 

[drafthorse39]

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Definitely worth opening the incubator. Anyone who had a rotten egg bust in their incubator will agree with me.

 

[glewis121]

Just went through a lot of the eggs and nothing....

Could it be the water tray? i washed it pretty well with soap and water?

What happens if an egg explodes? how do you sterilize the bator?

 

[JJMR794]

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If the bator was washed and cleaned thouroughly i doubt its that. Yes the old exploding egg thing is a serious mess, but not deadly to the unhatched viable chicks.... now that rotten eggs smell is decomposition, the odor is directly related to 1 compound given off if excessive quantity with decomposition---- hydrogen sulfide, which is a stringent sufficant ( replaces oxygen in confined spaces) That may well, if not dealt with, kill off many of your unhatched embryos.... so yes its worth it to open the lock down.

as far as sanitizing or sterilizing, the easiest is bleach water 1 cup/gallon wet surface and allow to stay wet x5 minutes then air dry completely(chlorine readily evaporates and will not contaminate your bator for future uses). There are also commercially made cleaners for incubators that will do the same thing at a higher cost.


now back to the game of "BEAGLE".... did you smell each egg individually?

 

[glewis121]

Smelled each and attempted to candle which is tough with eggs this far along.