So I have a staggered hatch right now. 2 born last week, 1 born yesterday, 16 more eggs likely hatching soon.
The incubator went stinky this morning. Not sure if it's an egg, because the water also looks disgusting this morning... I think the various mess from the other eggs hatching last week finally went sour in the warm water.
So how do I deal with this? I've heard it's very dangerous to even open the incubator often at this point (something about humidity changes saran wrapping the chicks in eggs) so I want to be exceedingly careful.
Also... It is possible an egg also went bad. Should I candle each one? Smell them? Deal for with the fact this will require me to open the incubator for 5 minutes or so?
The water is definitely gross, picture:
Water on the left yellow. But cleaning this out would require, say, removing all eggs for 5 or 10 minutes.
Incubator still has 5 days left, tho like I said we already have hatches due to staggered eggs taken from broody.
The incubator went stinky this morning. Not sure if it's an egg, because the water also looks disgusting this morning... I think the various mess from the other eggs hatching last week finally went sour in the warm water.
So how do I deal with this? I've heard it's very dangerous to even open the incubator often at this point (something about humidity changes saran wrapping the chicks in eggs) so I want to be exceedingly careful.
Also... It is possible an egg also went bad. Should I candle each one? Smell them? Deal for with the fact this will require me to open the incubator for 5 minutes or so?
The water is definitely gross, picture:
Water on the left yellow. But cleaning this out would require, say, removing all eggs for 5 or 10 minutes.
Incubator still has 5 days left, tho like I said we already have hatches due to staggered eggs taken from broody.