Rotten egg smell and sanitizing

[coffeemama]

So I sort of forgot some dud eggs in the incubator for a few weeks

-long story, but dh made me move the bator to a room attached to the garage and I forgot about them. Anyway, I filled the bator with light bleach solution, and put the turner minus the motor in there and let sit for a few minutes. I rinsed everything, but it still smells like rotten egg :| . Do I need to let it sit longer, or has the bleach done it's job and it's just a smell now, not bacteria? I have some precious eggs that need to go in by tomorrow morning, so I don't want to mess anything up.

 

[CindyS]

I have a bator that stinks permanetly. I got it at an aution and I think someone let ooze under the plastic liner and never removed the liner to clean it. I have bleached it, washed it, set it out in the sun for a week and I guarantee the bacteria are dead but it still stinks! It hatches chicks fine, it just stinks!

 

[coffeemama]

Well that's good to hear (sort of)

I think mine will come out-it's not terrible, but it isn't good either.

 

[shmooborp]

hate to say it.. but.. i told u so

lmao.. im mad cuz i cant find my other thermometer

 

[coffeemama]

Well it's never happened before-oh well! The eggs are in, so hopfully they will do ok

 

[shmooborp]

omg... i jsut puuled out my other bator... i have some unexpected eggs coming from the guy in LA... so i knew that i was gonna need to bators.. and it STILL smells from the yucky goooy duck eggs that were in there.. and i washed it REALLY WELL.. ug and the humidity is REALLY starting to make me mad.. i have to constanly watch it.. well atleast the temps are very stable

.. UGH!