Okay, new to incubating, and I have all kinds of questions - today's is about sniffing out rotten eggs.
10 days ago, we set 17 brown GLW eggs. So far, I can't tell from candeling if anything's at work in there (I just don't have the experience to know what I'm seeing - or not seeing - with candeling and brown eggs). I've read in this forum about getting rid of stinker eggs, and doing a "sniff test." No bad smells so far (I turn them 2 - 3 times every day), but at what point would an egg in the incubator start to smell if it were not fertile/developing? Is it a good idea to do a standard "sniff test" on all eggs just to be sure, and getting rid of any that smell bad? And if so, what day would you start doing that?
Thanks, everyone. Never a dull moment, is there?
10 days ago, we set 17 brown GLW eggs. So far, I can't tell from candeling if anything's at work in there (I just don't have the experience to know what I'm seeing - or not seeing - with candeling and brown eggs). I've read in this forum about getting rid of stinker eggs, and doing a "sniff test." No bad smells so far (I turn them 2 - 3 times every day), but at what point would an egg in the incubator start to smell if it were not fertile/developing? Is it a good idea to do a standard "sniff test" on all eggs just to be sure, and getting rid of any that smell bad? And if so, what day would you start doing that?
Thanks, everyone. Never a dull moment, is there?
