What can i use to mark on my eggs????????

[k2chickens]

I have a brown sharpie, black lipstick from last halloween, and i think one little pencil. Is their a big no no when it comes to marking on egg shells?? I don't want anything to bleed through or what not and hurt my hatch rate

 

[chickygirl2]

I mark all the eggs I set with sharpies- different colors to see what is in each set date quickly. If I collect eggs for others, I use a pencil as some people are quite concerned about 'toxic 'effects of sharpies. For me, it is no big deal. JMHO

 

[B. Saffles Farms]

I use a pencil, but I know several others that use sharpies and have great hatches too.

 

[chicken_china_mom]

I just set my first eggs ever to incubate on Sunday and I marked them with a pencil. I wanted to use a colored pencil, but the kids lost them all, so I went with a normal pencil.

 

[Dipsy Doodle Doo]

Hi! Anything that isn't blatantly toxic and is semi-permanent works well (permanent is only temporary --- 3 weeks).
Sharpie markers work well here.
Lisa

 

[Teresaann24]

I use a pencil but have hatched shipped eggs that where marked with a sharpie just fine.

 

[chickpeaz]

I watched my friend Bert scribble on an egg with a ball-point bic today. I didn't think it would stick but it did!

 

[k2chickens]

thank's guy's! im takeing every carefull step i can to make sure my very first hatch goes well