Re: blotchy shells

Amy Blankenship wrote:
"Jill" <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Its the best way to checking the condition of the eggs, even your
own. Incubating eggs that have hair line cracks are a potential
contaminant for other eggs in the setting.
;)

One advantage of incubating under a hen is that even if an egg does
break during incubation, the other eggs look clean in a few days. I
think her feathers polish the gook off the eggs.

And hens will ping duff ones out of the nest for you.

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regards
Jill Bowis

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