Why does my incubator SMELL!!!

[jbourget]

Ok so i have a full incubator and i candled at a week and a half and removed all the unfertile eggs, there were 4. The rest are fertile and i cant understand why the incubator stinks so bad when i open it once a day........any ideas????? its a new incubator and they have been going for about 2 and a half weeks so cant figure why it smells.

 

[paddock36]

Sounds like you might have a rotten egg in there.

 

[wegotchickens]

Sniff each egg. The culprit will be terribly obvious. Candling alone is not enough. If you smell something bad, follow your nose.

 

[jbourget]

well yeah i figured that but they all look like they are developing fine.....will it hurt theother eggs if there is a rotten one...guess i just have to deal with the awful STINK

 

[Katy]

You need to do a sniff test very carefully of the eggs in there....sounds like you've got a rotten egg which can explode and ruin the rest of the eggs.

 

[jbourget]

thanks guys i will sniff them tonight, hopefully i dont pass out jeez i can even smell it thru the little air hole

 

[Buck Creek Chickens]

when was the last time you cleaned it, or is it new, you might have a bad egg or bacteria in the 'bator

 

[jbourget]

incubator is new

 

[kvmommy]

Yeah I had two, and I barely have a sense of smell so my 2 year old noticed it and then found the stinker for me. Right b4 lockdown another went bad...I definitely smelled that one. Its pretty obvious and handle it very carefully.

 

[jbourget]

It was a rotten goose egg, phewww