Hospital waiting room selfie (just doing preops for total hip replacement)! They're so delayed, and I really don't have time for this - I have eggs to turn! Lol.
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I just went through this dilemma. UGH! Some were actually black, like tar on them. Others were spotless, some just had mud on them. I read, and read, and read. It seemed that if I washed some, I should wash all and then would have to run at higher humidity, and not mist throughout, like you would on unwashed duck eggs. Some people said they only washed the really bad eggs, and they were the ones to hatch, some said the washed eggs were the ones that didn't hatch. Then some said the dirty eggs were the quitters. Too much conflicting info!!! I did end up washing them all, even the clean ones, so they would incubate the same....I hope I made the right decision. Those goose eggs I wouldn't wash, I'd brush the dirt off and set them. Mine were MUCH dirtier!
I think you mean NPIP.
Hey you! Glad you are here again this year. You are always so helpful. Very knowledgeable young man.
this is as clean as i can get them with just wiping at the crud with a dry paper towel.I just went through this dilemma. UGH! Some were actually black, like tar on them. Others were spotless, some just had mud on them. I read, and read, and read. It seemed that if I washed some, I should wash all and then would have to run at higher humidity, and not mist throughout, like you would on unwashed duck eggs. Some people said they only washed the really bad eggs, and they were the ones to hatch, some said the washed eggs were the ones that didn't hatch. Then some said the dirty eggs were the quitters. Too much conflicting info!!! I did end up washing them all, even the clean ones, so they would incubate the same....I hope I made the right decision. Those goose eggs I wouldn't wash, I'd brush the dirt off and set them. Mine were MUCH dirtier!
That's a neat looking one! I miss the old cook stove I grew up with. At lea s t the wood stove we have now, I can cook on if the power goes out. However it does not compair to the old real cook stove.I have the "new" type old stove. (not in use at the moment the dang guy who installed it didn't put a damper in)Aging myself here, however, I grew up with one of these cook stoves in our house. My uncle has it now, I hope to get it back someday. I do t have the exact pic but after looking online I found an almost exact match.
This Is SOOOOOO EXCITING for you!!! Great steal um I mean find.I am house sitting for my mom for the next week and her geese just started laying! I am totally "stealing" them for my incubator! i found three yesterday that were frozen solid and cracked, but i found two this morning that were still warm to the touch... thankfully I had my bucket and scoop with me because before I knew it the geese had backed me into the corner of the coop! those things are WAY bigger in person when they are mad than they are when they are munching grass. I escaped with two eggs and my life haha.
so they are kind of grubby- she hasn't put new hay in yet, this is the clean side of them, the rest of the eggs are grubbier, should I try that washing them? I have that "manna pro egg wash"(that i use for the one customer who won't eat mildly imperfect eggs) it has directions for washing incubator eggs but it kinda goes against my instincts to wash eggs, (though I know plenty of people do) but it also goes against my instinct to incubate dirty eggs.
