smelly incubator!

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chickenlady

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smelly incubator!
« on: June 15, 2009, 19:19 »
My 3rd batch of eggs have started to pip on day 20 (well 1 has) but there is a very strong smell in the incubator! Im sure all the eggs were still growing away but now im worrying that 1 is bad and gonna pop! or is this smell just normal and I didnt notice it last time????
And if 1 has gone bad how am i gonna get it out without dropping humidity and stopping the others from hatching??  ???

Debbie
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Re: smelly incubator!
« Reply #1 on: June 15, 2009, 19:31 »
Try candling the eggs to see if they all have chicks or not. :)

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Re: smelly incubator!
« Reply #2 on: June 15, 2009, 20:02 »
Try candling the eggs to see if they all have chicks or not. :)

I thought that but am worried the humidity will drop too much!???? especially as 1 has pipped!

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Re: smelly incubator!
« Reply #3 on: June 15, 2009, 20:09 »
Should be fine as long as you put the lid back on very quickly.

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Re: smelly incubator!
« Reply #4 on: June 15, 2009, 20:10 »
personally i would take the risk, if you smell each egg quickly you should be able to find the offending one, if you leave it it could compromise the rest of the hatch.

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Re: smelly incubator!
« Reply #5 on: June 15, 2009, 21:04 »
PHEWWWWW!!! found it (hope its the only one) took lid off and sniffed all eggs really quickly! it was a cream legbar egg so now down to 3 of those  :( looks like it died at about day 14 keep havin a sniff of the incy now just to make sure!!!

Thakyou  :wub:

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Re: smelly incubator!
« Reply #6 on: June 15, 2009, 21:32 »
There's a relief  ;)
Terrific thunderstorm here tonight tripped out the power and the incy started flashing "P".
Thought I remembered reading about resetting it but still had to wade through the manual to find it! Meanwhile the ex-batts gave me the run around trying to get them undercover, silly things :tongue2:


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