- Sep 21, 2010
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Darn...this is the third year she had gone broody and tried to hatch chicks...but 3 just exploded under her, and the rest should have hatched last week. Because of her efforts, I now know what a gross smell an exploding rotten egg can be.
I've also got my first batch of eggs in a Hova Bator incubator. They will be on lockdown next week, and hopefully I will have better luck that she has had. I'm hoping if I give her some chicks from that batch, that she will adopt them and forget about her rotten eggs.
Since the other eggs are now covered in gross stuff from the exploding eggs, I'm wondering if I should wash them off...or just leave them. I'm going to candle them again once I get my babies, and throw out any that don't look viable.
I've also got my first batch of eggs in a Hova Bator incubator. They will be on lockdown next week, and hopefully I will have better luck that she has had. I'm hoping if I give her some chicks from that batch, that she will adopt them and forget about her rotten eggs.
Since the other eggs are now covered in gross stuff from the exploding eggs, I'm wondering if I should wash them off...or just leave them. I'm going to candle them again once I get my babies, and throw out any that don't look viable.