I agree, please keep your advice going on BYC! I don't blog or face book or any of that other high tech stuff! Luckily, I've not had any problems with mushy chick except for those 2, and one of the ones that came in to a hardware store as a special order. I'm a little scared of that styrofoam incubator after that. I bleached it when I put it away, and will give it an extra bleaching before I start using it again.
Ron, when you talk about weak bleach solution for dipping hatching eggs, what strength are you talking about? Have you done a trial with washed eggs vs. non-washed eggs to compare hatching rates? I'm intrigued by a study done where eggs were dipped in a Vitamin C solution. It produced a better hatch, and increased chick viability. I'm wondering if it was the vitamin properties, or the antibacterial properties... even change in pH that was the cause of the improved hatch/viability.
Ron, when you talk about weak bleach solution for dipping hatching eggs, what strength are you talking about? Have you done a trial with washed eggs vs. non-washed eggs to compare hatching rates? I'm intrigued by a study done where eggs were dipped in a Vitamin C solution. It produced a better hatch, and increased chick viability. I'm wondering if it was the vitamin properties, or the antibacterial properties... even change in pH that was the cause of the improved hatch/viability.
