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Re: To keep eggs from fungusing

        Exactly!  Useful quality.  Removal then negates further problems.
My understanding is that methylene blue is primarily a gramm positive
bacteria killer.

Jay Moylan


----- Original Message -----
From: "George & Melanie" <caraway at erienet_net>
To: <killietalk at aka_org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2001 8:34 PM
Subject: Re: To keep eggs from fungusing


> In some of the killie books I have read it states that the methyl-blue is
not a
> fungicide but is useful in helping to identify the eggs that do fungus
because
> of the color change in the egg.
> George
>
> John Hoernig wrote:
>
> > Hello Killinutz,
> >
> >    As pertains to water incubation.
> >
> >    Doesn't anyone else use methl-blue.
> >    Fungus is a secondary infection on a dead egg.
> >    It's either not fertilized or killed by bacteria, then fungus takes
hold.
> >
> >    Methl-blue will control the bacteria and there's no mistake which
> > containers it's being used in.
> >    Depending on the quality of the hatching water, many eggs don't need
any
> > medications.
> >
> >    Peat in the water can also hold back the bacteria.
> >
> > John Hoernig
> > AKA Member
> > Hebron, IN
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Paul Jablinski" <jablinsk at trinity_udayton.edu>
> > To: <killietalk at aka_org>
> > Sent: Monday, August 20, 2001 2:49 PM
> > Subject: To keep eggs from fungusing
> >
> > > I use acriflavine.  I use one drop from the bottle and put it into one
> > > pint of water.  From there I use a few drops into a container of tap
> > > water where I put the eggs after I pick them from the mops.  I
> > > NEVER have any eggs that fungus.  AND I do not change the
> > > water from the container where I keep the eggs and in about 10 or
> > > so days the eggs hatch.  WHAT ARE YOUR EXPERIENCES!
> > >    Bro. Paul
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