SixCaiques
Sitting on the front steps
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I have heard but have yet to confirm that the use of a vacuum cleaner should be avoided in the presence of fertile eggs. Can anybody verify the validity of this?
@SixCaiques I meant to add that this was done on chicken eggs BUT I would imagine that noise would have similar effects on other bird embryos. My feeling is that if the vacuuming is done rather "gently" (the ability to bring the noise of the vacuum closer gradually and doing it for a short period of time) is probably much less harmful than a sudden, equally loud sound that is unpredictable. I have not noticed any negative effects in chickens that I've vacuumed around while they were still in eggs (and I vacuum quite often lol). Many of the chickens I've hatched and sold, I am able to see as adults as I get updates from the people who bought my chicks None of them seem to have suffered due to my vacuuming efforts. No deaf chicks/chickens, no noticeable behavior changes, no noticeable impact on growth or anything else. I hope my 2 cents have helped point you in the right direction@SixCaiques
Hey there - I have experience hatching chicken eggs (lots of them) and I have yet to have failed hatches due to the noise vacuuming (or any other noise for that matter). BUT, a study has been done and here is the link:
Effect of prenatal chronic noise exposure on the growth and development of body and brain of chick embryo
I hope this helps!