Hatching incubated eggs in cartons?

How do you hatch?

  • in egg cartons

    Votes: 9 27.3%
  • lay the eggs on their side

    Votes: 24 72.7%

  • Total voters
    33
I apologize if this has already been asked here, but I can't find it. There is a lot of discussion about using the cartons starting at lockdown for hatching. My dad proposed using them from the start, but I just haven't seen that done, so I imagine there's got to be a good reason. I imagine it is a bit awkward to turn them in a carton?
 
I apologize if this has already been asked here, but I can't find it. There is a lot of discussion about using the cartons starting at lockdown for hatching. My dad proposed using them from the start, but I just haven't seen that done, so I imagine there's got to be a good reason. I imagine it is a bit awkward to turn them in a carton?

I think most people that use cartons just tilt the whole carton at one time. Stick a block under one end, then shift it to the other end when its time to turn.
 
I apologize if this has already been asked here, but I can't find it. There is a lot of discussion about using the cartons starting at lockdown for hatching. My dad proposed using them from the start, but I just haven't seen that done, so I imagine there's got to be a good reason. I imagine it is a bit awkward to turn them in a carton?
I don't use cartons but with egg turners, it's just a tilt back and forth so it could be done in cartons as WVduckchick mentioned. I used rings that I made out of a paper towel roll to hatch in. I had the eggs tilted a bit as they would be in a natural nest. It worked fabulously.
 

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