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How to store and handle hatching eggs to get the best hatch rate

I always have a full incubator. Or 3. lol I know a lot of you are like me after all, hatching chicks is addictive isn't it? There are lots of do's and don't of hatching eggs. The funny thing is that what one person swears never works, another person swears it's the reason their hatches are so successful! Here are a few:

1) Absolutely do not wash an egg before incubating. 

Reason: It washes away the 'bloom' and allows bacteria to enter the egg. Just brush off any dirt or don't set the egg if it's too dirty. 
Common rebuttal: All the big hatcheries wash and sanitize their eggs first.
Personal opinion: I have done it both ways and have tried to see a difference but I can't 

Answer: well, yes and yes. First, you really don't want bacteria in your incubator. It could ruin your whole hatch. Second, yes the big hatcheries clean their eggs first...however we don't know their hatch rates...so we can't really use that as an argument.
    

2) Do not use odd shaped eggs, or eggs that are abnormally small or large. 

Reason: larger eggs are often double yolkers which very rarely hatch. (and always need assistance) often small eggs are pullet eggs which shouldn't be hatched. Odd shaped eggs won't allow the chick proper room to grow and it will die in the egg or be malformed.
Common rebuttal: pullet eggs are perfectly fine to hatch, big eggs just hatch big chicks and it all depends on the odd shape.
Personal experience: Lots of big chicks, however....I never incubate double yolkers. I tried a few pullet eggs and none of the chicks made it past a few days old. Most didn't develop at all. 

Answer: hatching pullet eggs is up to you! There are lots of us that refuse to hatch pullet eggs because of multiple bad experiences. There are others that swear they always hatch just fine. I know the itch to hatch those first eggs is unbearable! Technically they should be fine....but since people seem to have varied experiences with this, it's a personal choice. 

Large eggs do hatch larger chicks, just candle first to make sure you don't have a double yolker. It may be cute to have 'twins' but do you really want to watch one die as it hatches? As far as odd shaped eggs go, how odd shaped is it? Can a chick fit in it? If it's just a little bit long or round that's one thing, if it's shaped like a snake...
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