crushed eggs or paranoid

[yzguy]

Out of curiosity, what do you do if an egg is clearly bad, and is attached to the rest of the egg-pile? Can you safely remove it, and if so, how? I've heard they stick together pretty firmly.


Best of luck with your eggs!! I hope they do well for you!

once I am REALLY SURE it is bad, 1 of 2 things. If there is a fairly small amount that is holding them together, then I use the dental floss sawing technique, which works pretty good. The egg shells are pretty tough.
Or if there is large area holding them together, then I cut open the bad egg, and just leave the section attached to the other eggs, removing as much of the bad egg as a I can, and leaving only the patch of the egg connected to the rest, and just wiping them off (this does stink more, and makes a bit of a mess sometimes, but I know I won't mess up the good eggs).

no idea what everyone else does, that is just what I do.

oh, and personally I would put any in the incubator, just because I feel it is easier than trying to give the mom the correct environment to incubate them correctly.