frequently to avoid contaminating your eggs.  If you're going to collect and handle the eggs, you need to have clean hands. Scrub your hands with a mild soap under warm, running water for at least 20 seconds. Then, rinse your hands clean. Dry them with a clean towel. Each hen will lay 1 egg a day until she's finished laying all of the eggs in this clutch, which is one batch of eggs. You need to check the nest every day and remove the eggs so that they don't start incubating in the nest. If you're using an incubator, you want to incubate the eggs on your schedule. If the eggs start and stop incubating, the chick likely won't develop properly. If the egg hatches at all, the chick will likely be unhealthy. These eggs will not produce healthy chicks, if they hatch at all. Very large eggs often hatch unhealthy chicks, while small eggs typically produce tiny chicks that won’t thrive. It’s best to remove the eggs and throw them in your garbage. A single bad egg can contaminate your healthy eggs, so if you’re in doubt, throw out the egg. The eggs will have a natural protective barrier on their shell, which you can’t see. The protective coating protects the quail chick from bacteria and germs. It’s best to avoid cleaning or handling the eggs before you hatch them. If you have an egg that’s very dirty, you can try buffing off the dirt using fine sandpaper. However, this may also damage the protective coating. In most cases, it’s better to not hatch a dirty egg. For the first 3 to 7 days after you collect the eggs, let them rest in a location with a temperature of 55 to 65 °F (13 to 18 °C). Letting them rest for a few days will help prepare them for incubation.  Don’t place fresh and stored eggs together. The longest you can safely leave the eggs to rest is 10 days, but it’s better to place them in the incubator before a week has past. If the eggs sit for longer than a week, make sure you turn them at least once a day. Set the incubator at a temperature between 99.5 to 100 °F (37.5 to 37.8 °C). Mist the eggs as needed to maintain a humidity level of about 58 percent. Leave the eggs in the incubator for 24 days or until they hatch.  Attach a hygrometer to the incubator, which measures the humidity. You can find incubators that spray the eggs for you, or you can maintain the humidity by keeping a dish of water in the incubator. The air pocket will be on the large end of the egg. It’s important that the chick develop with its head toward the large end. If the large end is on the bottom, the chick may develop with its head on the wrong end, making it difficult for the chick to survive. Check on the eggs every 4 to 5 hours so you can turn them. Turn the egg often to ensure the chick develops properly. You can purchase an egg turner to turn them for you, if you like. Some incubators include an egg turner that does this automatically.
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One-sentence summary -- Wash your hands Collect the eggs every day, as the hen will lay about 1 egg a day. Throw out eggs that are cracked, misshapen, or very large or small. Avoid wiping the outside of the eggs. Let the eggs rest for 3-7 days after collecting them. Place the eggs in an incubator for up to 24 days. Keep the small end of the egg below the large end. Turn the eggs 90 degrees at least 3 times a day while they’re incubating.


The symptoms of Crohn's disease are similar to those of other intestinal disorders, such as ulcerative colitis and irritable bowel syndrome. The symptoms may come and go and can vary from mild to severe. They will differ from person to person, depending on what part of the gastrointestinal tract is infected. Some of the most common symptoms include:   Diarrhea: The inflammation that occurs in Crohn's disease causes cells in the affected areas of your intestine to secrete large amounts of water and salt. Because the colon can't completely absorb this excess fluid, you develop diarrhea.  Abdominal pain and cramping: Inflammation and ulceration may cause the walls of portions of your bowel to swell and eventually thicken with scar tissue. This affects the normal movement of intestinal tract contents through your digestive tract and may lead to pain and cramping.  Blood in your stool: Food moving through your digestive tract can cause inflamed tissue to bleed, or your bowel may also bleed on its own.  Ulcers: Crohn's disease begins as small, scattered sores on the surface of the intestine. Eventually these sores may become large ulcers that penetrate deep into — and sometimes through — the intestinal walls.  Reduced appetite and weight loss: Abdominal pain and cramping and the inflammatory reaction in the wall of your bowel can affect both your appetite and your ability to digest and absorb food.  Fistula or abscess: Inflammation from Crohn's disease may tunnel through the wall of the bowel into adjacent organs, such as the bladder or vagina, creating an abnormal connection called a fistula. This can also lead to an abscess; a swollen, pus-filled sore. Aside from the above mentioned symptoms, people with Crohn's disease may experience other, less-common side effects such as joint pain, constipation and swollen gums.  People with severe Crohn's disease may experience fever and fatigue as well as problems that occur outside the digestive tract, including arthritis, eye inflammation, skin disorders, and inflammation of the liver or bile ducts. Children with Crohn's disease may have delayed growth or sexual development. Call your doctor right away if you experience any of the following symptoms:  Feel faint or have a fast and weak pulse. Severe stomach pain. Unexplained fever or shaking chills lasting more than a day or two. Repeated vomiting. Blood in your stool. Ongoing bouts of diarrhea that don't respond to over-the-counter (OTC) medications. If your doctor suspects that you might have Crohn's disease, he/she may refer you to a gastroenterologist (digestive system specialist) to undergo different diagnostic tests. These may include:   Blood tests: Your doctor may suggest blood tests to check for anemia, which is a common side effect of Crohn's disease (due to blood loss).  Colonoscopy: This test allows your doctor to view your entire colon using a thin, flexible, lighted tube with an attached camera. With the camera, the doctor will be able to identify any inflammation, bleeding or ulcers on the wall of the colon.  Flexible sigmoidoscopy: In this procedure, your doctor uses a slender, flexible, lighted tube to examine the sigmoid, which is the last 2 feet (0.6 m) of your colon.  Barium enema: This diagnostic test allows your doctor to evaluate your large intestine with an X-ray. Before the test, barium, a contrast dye, is placed into your bowel by way of enema.  Small bowel X-ray: This test uses x-ray to examine the part of the small bowel that can't be seen by colonoscopy.  Computerized tomography (CT): Sometimes you may need a CT scan, which is a special x-ray technique that provides more detail than a standard x-ray. This test looks at the entire bowel as well as at tissues outside the bowel that can't be seen with other tests.  Capsule endoscopy: If you have signs and symptoms that suggest Crohn's disease but the usual diagnostic tests are negative, your doctor may perform capsule endoscopy.
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Know the signs and symptoms of Crohn's disease. Recognize less common symptoms of Crohn's disease. Know when to seek medical advice. Undergo tests to confirm the diagnosis.