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Calen said:
My incubator restores temperature and humidity quickly, as well. So much so that my husband suggested I candle the eggs every day. I told him that I was trying not to because I am new to incubating, and I was following the advice of others, who have more experience than I do. I did experiment with half of my eggs being washed and half unwashed with any debris removed. The washed eggs started to develop, but they never hatched. Well, one did, but that one died. These were guinea keets, not chickens. I did get 17 keets out of incubation so 4 of my unwashed eggs did not hatch. Those happened to be eggs that sat longer prior to incubation. The rest of the eggs had two that were infertile, and there were 12 washed eggs that did not hatch. It is a learning process.
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Do not wash your eggs before incubating them. It washes off the protective 'bloom' on them. When you candle or handle the eggs make sure to wash and dry your hands first. Just think about how often a chicken gets off her eggs to go eat and poop, and you can't tell me their environment is sterile, so don't over worry so much! I don't candle every day, maybe once at day 5, once at day 10, then at lockdown....day 18.
 
Flowerbh said:
Do not wash your eggs before incubating them. It washes off the protective 'bloom' on them. When you candle or handle the eggs make sure to wash and dry your hands first. Just think about how often a chicken gets off her eggs to go eat and poop, and you can't tell me their environment is sterile, so don't over worry so much! I don't candle every day, maybe once at day 5, once at day 10, then at lockdown....day 18.
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I am not going to wash anymore. I only did it this one time because there was a huge thread on washing vs non-washing. It was really a tie on the number of people for and against so I decided that I would just try for myself to see how it worked out. I had a lot of questions regarding my outcome though - things like is it possible since I washed half the hatch that something came off the non washed eggs and got inside the washed eggs while incubating, some kind of bacteria or something along those lines? The washed eggs were also put in the incubator a few days after the washed eggs so maybe taking the lid off the incubator to check on the non washed eggs was more than I should have been doing. There are too many variables. To do it again, I would only put one or the other in the incubator, but I just do not feel like making it a competition. Thanks for your input.
 
Calen said:
I have two Polish right now that I am hoping are a male and female. There has been no crowing yet, but one has a more pronounced V shape to its head feathering so I am hoping it is a male. I bought the incubator for the Polish and Cochins that I more recently purchased. I also just bought week old Seramas. They are so small. I had four, but one had a slight tilt to its head since I got it. It just acted off compared to the others. Regretfully, it died today at two weeks old. I will not be washing any more eggs. I will just be wiping off the debris.
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If you need/want Polish chickens, I am here for you LOL. Just say the word!!!
 
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Wish my lawn tractor were running like a top. I pulled out the carburetor today because the mower suddenly stopped running. It was getting spark and fuel to the carburetor, so I figured that's where the problem would be. Yep! Looks like I'm going to have to put in a rebuild kit. Another day, another project. Just when I was making headway. lol
 

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