Washing hatching Eggs? To Wash or Not ot wash????????

[Yeller chicken]

I have scoured the internet looking for the answer. It seems to me that the people that say it is okay to wash, have done so in the past, and had no problems. The ones that say don't wash, don't seem to have tried it, and are only repeating what they have heard. Kind of sounds like a wives tale, with no real proof or research to me.

 

[Sylviaanne]

I have scoured the internet looking for the answer. It seems to me that the people that say it is okay to wash, have done so in the past, and had no problems. The ones that say don't wash, don't seem to have tried it, and are only repeating what they have heard. Kind of sounds like a wives tale, with no real proof or research to me.

Right now I have eggs in both of my incubators but after I clean them, I am going to wash and try to incubate duck eggs. I have read that the hatch rate is better after washing them. We shall see.