Stinky Incubator

[BunsNChicks]

So I pulled out my incubator from the closet and it literally stinks like a dead animal! I washed it with dawn soap and vinegar and it still reeks. Anyone know how to get out the smell or whether it is going to effect my hatch?

 

[BunsNChicks]

Anyone?

 

[erijn5]

Now this is what I do but others may freak out....After I am done with my hovabator every yr I wash mine out with dawn, a toothbrush, and just a touch of bleach..rinse very well and then scrub it again with dawn by itself, and then I let it sit out in the sun for the whole day. If it still smells like bleach re-wash with dawn and let sit in sun another day..then it should be good....

That is what I do..

 

[redhen689]

I'd try the bleach, and the sunshine, and if it still stinks try some baking soda.

 

[LaynaDon95]

Mine always smells like something died in it after a hatch. (If it smells like that before incubation you probably just didn't clean it well after your last hatch.) What I do is basically what the others are suggesting. I use a little dawn and warm water and scrub it with a scrub brush. (Kinda like what you use to clean out from under you nails with.) Then I spray it some weak bleach water and leave it sitting. I can't leave mine outside because the puppy will chew it up, so I just leave it on the counter near a window. After a while I rinse it out really well and it usually smells a lot better after that.
I use a Little Giant still air.