So, why is one egg oozing and discolored

[feather2]

I ordered shipped duck eggs. They arrived in okay condition - except they were atrociously dirty. With suggestions from this site, i gently washed in warm water and dipped in a chlorine solution (1/4 tsp to 8 oz water). Today is day three in the incubator and i just took out this egg that was starting to discolor, but also had this little spot that was oozing a dark liquid. The metal grate it was sitting on was still clean.........but what about the rest of the eggs? Are they contaminated -should I throw them out. it was really hot when they were shipped - were they fried? Help

 

[Lotsapaints]

Toss the oozers before you wish you did and wait until you candle to toss.

 

[The Sheriff]

Toss it!

 

[SundownWaterfowl]

Toss it ASAP! It could possibly explode.

 

[MandyH]

Gently toss it. Also, washing dirty eggs allows bacteria to get in the egg. I NEVER wash an egg.

 

[feather2]

but what about the others?-Should I toss those too? These are white eggs that had a layer of crap on them so that they were brown. Just no way I could put them in my incubator without washing them. Do you really do that?

 

[pkw]

Carefully toss the oozing egg and not in your regular house trash (they stink so very bad).

As for the other eggs I wouldn't toss them yet if they are not oozing anything. If that egg had've exploded then I would be saying yes toss them all but since it sounds like you caught that one before it exploded give the others a chance.

I just candled my eggs yesterday and there was one egg that hadn't yet started oozing but because I didn't see any movement in this one egg I went to my bathroom sink and cracked a hole in the big end and I am glad I did... it was a rotten egg. If that would have exploded I would've been so upset since it is so close to hatch day. Now the other eggs in the incubator I am not tossing. These are due to hatch anywhere from the 12th to 14th.

I always wash eggs that are dirty also in a warm water/bleach solution but I know people who doesn't wash eggs before incubating them.

 

[feather2]

Thank you all so much. I will candle on Friday and see. PS the smell when i put it down the garbage disposal was pretty bad......can't imagine that smell ever going away inside the incubator

 

[scbatz33]

I don't wash eggs either, but I had a recent delivery of absolutely awful dirty eggs that I had to scrap the muck off of them. So I understand your concern about putting dirty eggs in the incubator. Definitely toss the oozing one. They are NASTY when they blow up!

 

[MiniBeesKnees]

I don't think I'd put them in the garbage disposal....I flush them.