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Livestock => Poultry & Waterfowl => Topic started by: aaronsundin on July 11, 2011, 10:43:52 am

Title: cleaning eggs before incubation , or not ?
Post by: aaronsundin on July 11, 2011, 10:43:52 am
Hi everyone ,  I was wondering if is necessary to disinfect eggs before putting them into an incubator ? If so what would you use to clean the eggs ? I have read different views on this and am interested to know what you would suggest , many thanks ,
stefan
Title: Re: cleaning eggs before incubation , or not ?
Post by: sam.t on July 11, 2011, 10:49:39 am
PERSONALLY WE NEVER CLEAN THE EGGS WITH ANYTHING OTHER THAN A WIPE OVER WITH A DRY PAPER TOWEL IF MUCKY WHEN COLLECTED TO THEN GO IN INCUBATER
SAM :chook:
Title: Re: cleaning eggs before incubation , or not ?
Post by: jaykay on July 11, 2011, 12:12:45 pm
And I do clean eggs, under the tap, a little bit warmer than the egg/room.
Title: Re: cleaning eggs before incubation , or not ?
Post by: manian on July 11, 2011, 01:26:34 pm
hi we clean out turkey eggs before going in the incubator.......
water has to be warmer than egg to stop bugs going in
Mx
Title: Re: cleaning eggs before incubation , or not ?
Post by: DJ_Chook on July 11, 2011, 04:49:54 pm
If the eggs are really dirty I put them in warm water for 30 seconds then wetwipe off the poo. I have a 6 the incy that were filthy, they are all fertile but it's only day 9.
Title: Re: cleaning eggs before incubation , or not ?
Post by: hughesy on July 13, 2011, 05:10:17 pm
I use a solution of proprietry egg sanitising powder in warm water.
Title: Re: cleaning eggs before incubation , or not ?
Post by: DJ_Chook on July 25, 2011, 11:26:16 am
Quote from: DJ_Chook on July 11, 2011, 04:49:54 pm
If the eggs are really dirty I put them in warm water for 30 seconds then wetwipe off the poo. I have a 6 the incy that were filthy, they are all fertile but it's only day 9.

Update: on the 6 eggs I washed.
4 chicks, 1 early stage dead, 1 underdeveloped took out on day 18.

These 6 eggs where filthy but I have 4 lovely little chickie's. Strangely though the rest of the incy (24 eggs total, 18 that I didn't wash) have been a disaster. Only have 3 other chicks.