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Incubator smells like rotten egg

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RICH_Chicken

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Incubator smells like rotten egg
« on: April 24, 2015, 16:37 »
Hi all,

I incubated my first set of eggs last month and got zero hatch which was disappointing! I've got a new batch in now which look promising however this last couple of days there has been a rotten egg smell coming from the incubator? And I'm worried? Will that mean all eggs are no good? Also what do I need to do? It's starting to make the kitchen smell! The last eggs there was not a smell like this! HELP!!!
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Norfolkgrey

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Re: Incubator smells like rotten egg
« Reply #1 on: April 24, 2015, 16:49 »
Find the culprit and remove. However, if it has been like this for a while it might have done any good'uns in  :(
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Re: Incubator smells like rotten egg
« Reply #2 on: April 24, 2015, 16:51 »
Daft question....how would you find them? Smell??
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Re: Incubator smells like rotten egg
« Reply #3 on: April 24, 2015, 16:56 »
Yep smell - it will be the one you have to hold at arms length and fear dropping  :ohmy:

How long have the eggs been in? I don't suppose you have candled them?
Also where abouts in the world are you?  ;)  :)
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Re: Incubator smells like rotten egg
« Reply #4 on: April 24, 2015, 17:00 »
Haha thanks! They have been in about 15 days and candles a few and they had movement in 😀😀😀 but I'm a novice this is only my second atttempt! I live in UK (Yorkshire)
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Re: Incubator smells like rotten egg
« Reply #5 on: April 24, 2015, 17:11 »
When you candle you should look for a red spider like pattern. Occasionally you can see an eye but it is the red spider you should go by. Movement is not a good indicator, it could just be yolk and stuff rolling about inside. And you are fine - this is the easy bit just wait until they chip the eggs, then you'll get excited followed by panic  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:

Oh Yorkshire, that's a bit far for me to offer you eggs  :)
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Re: Incubator smells like rotten egg
« Reply #6 on: April 24, 2015, 18:31 »
Found the culprit egg no.2 had cracked and was extremely smelly! So removed and cleaned down the incubator and hopefully we can carry on!
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Re: Incubator smells like rotten egg
« Reply #7 on: April 25, 2015, 18:14 »
Don't candle them any more - they now need to settle ready for hatching and at day 18 onwards don't move them at all, just let your incubator do its stuff and watch the water levels. I used to get in such a state at day 21 that if it was a week day I'd make sure I had the day off!!
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Re: Incubator smells like rotten egg
« Reply #8 on: April 27, 2015, 21:56 »
Can I ask do I switch incubator off soon as the chicks are due Saturday? Or just leave it on throughout??
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Re: Incubator smells like rotten egg
« Reply #9 on: April 27, 2015, 21:58 »
leave it on  :)
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RICH_Chicken

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Re: Incubator smells like rotten egg
« Reply #10 on: April 27, 2015, 22:30 »
Thanks

Will keep everyone updated as I'm not sure what's going to happen as its only second batch I've tried and didn't get a single one from first batch 😢 and had a few rotten eggs in this lot! So fingers crossed! 🙏🏻 on the plus side I'm learning more each time 😀
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Re: Incubator smells like rotten egg
« Reply #11 on: April 28, 2015, 08:11 »
Good luck!  :D
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Norfolkgrey

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Re: Incubator smells like rotten egg
« Reply #12 on: April 28, 2015, 09:08 »
Do you know what breed/s you are hatching?
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Re: Incubator smells like rotten egg
« Reply #13 on: April 28, 2015, 12:47 »
Think they are warrens/isa that's where we got the eggs from a farm which had them. Why you ask?
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Re: Incubator smells like rotten egg
« Reply #14 on: April 28, 2015, 14:00 »
Some breeds can take a touch less or a little longer to hatch.  :)
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