The 4th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-a-long

[QuirkySue]

Whoop whoop! Picked up my eggs last night and they are waiting to go in the bator tomorrow! SO EXCITED! This will be my second attempt, I'm hoping for better results this time now that I have a different temp/humid gauge!

 

[Gardeningmama]

count me in, if it is not too late

 

[RedBugPoultry]

Here are my eggs getting ready to go in the bator tomorrow!

Five d'Uccle's, 21 BC Marans, and 23 Buckeye's! "49"! I cannot wait until noon tomorrow!

 

[cracrzy4chicks]

Ok, I picked up my eggs today. Now what do I do, they are nasty. I'm not sure I want to put them in with the others I've recieved.

I'm a newbie so......................how do I clean these ?? Please help

 

[RedBugPoultry]

Ok, I picked up my eggs today. Now what do I do, they are nasty. I'm not sure I want to put them in with the others I've recieved.

I'm a newbie so......................how do I clean these ?? Please help

Not sure what others on here do but I would like to hear. I would not worry about the ones with a few smudges but those in the back row that look like they have a lot on them I would get some fine "dry" steelwool and lightly try to take the "poop" off without scrubbing or scratching the whole egg and call it good. You will still have stains but not poop. I know people say not to scrap the eggs because you remove the "bloom" but I hate putting that much in the bator on an eggs--I do want to hear what others do but I have done that with very good results.

 

[ozexpat]

Ok, I picked up my eggs today. Now what do I do, they are nasty. I'm not sure I want to put them in with the others I've recieved.

I'm a newbie so......................how do I clean these ?? Please help

were they shipped?

 

[cracrzy4chicks]

were they shipped?

YES

 

[Wisher1000]

I am not recommending this, just wanted to give you some information. My first (successful) hatch was an entire bator full of eggs that had been washed to sell for eating. I watched as she used a wash rag to clean each and every egg, under running water, before she put them in the cartons. Then when I said I wanted to hatch some of her eggs, she reached over and handed me a carton of the newly washed egg! I asked if it would be okay and she said she did it all the time. I took them home, put them in the bator, and hatched over half (and had major temp problems during the first week and a half.) Some people wash off the bloom and use a weak betadine rinse. I've never had any experience with that, so maybe someone else will chime in.

 

[ozexpat]

YES

I would seriously be on the email with them. Those eggs are shameful for a purchased product. You may salvage them but the supplier needs to send you a clean set or a full refund.

 

[Gardeningmama]

I once received a shipment of eggs that looked like this. I almost scrapped them because I was so grossed out. A fellow BYC'er suggested I set them anyhow. I did, and most hatched. It's a tough call.