Shipped eggs and upright hatching.

[LadiesAndJane]

Oh perfect. Thanks for that picture. I think I’ve decided to do this as well for my saddled air cells. Do you incubate them upright the entire time for lay them flat? If flat, when do you stand them back up in the cartons? I know at lockdown, but I’ve also read to stop turning shipped eggs earlier (maybe day 16) so the chicks can get situated. What is your process?

Sorry didn’t see this until just now! I see though that you figured it out!
To answer your question I usually stop turning all my eggs at day 17. Shipped or not.
If the air cell has stabilized I will go ahead and let them incubate flat so they can go in the turner. I will then hatch them upright. Obviously there’s many different ways to do this.

 

[LadiesAndJane]

Congratulations on your babies!
You did it!

 

[ABakes09]

We ended up with 9 babies!!! That are the cutest.

4 that haven’t hatched. 2 upright/2 flat (to hatch)
2 Pipped at the wrong end and died in the shell (1 upright/1 flat)
So it’s hard to say which method worked best for this hatched. I definitely think the upright hatching was needed and helped several of them.

 

[KozyRosie]

Congrats! I actually had my first round of eggs not hatch and they would have hatched at the same time. I will definitely do the same with my second round of saddle air cell eggs. This is very helpful.

 

[ABakes09]

Congrats! I actually had my first round of eggs not hatch and they would have hatched at the same time. I will definitely do the same with my second round of saddle air cell eggs. This is very helpful.

Glad it was somewhat helpful. I will say I think not turning for only 3 days is sufficient. I had one baby stuck to the membrane in one of the eggs that wasn’t turned much in the first 7 days. I did get a new incubator for my next round of shipped eggs that turns them upright. I’m super excited to see if there will be a difference in the hatch rate. All my babies are thriving and growing and are perfectly healthy. For that I’m thankful.

 

[Climbingalbatross]

I tried an upright incubation for eggs in the mail for 1 week. The upright eggs ended up with repaired air cells within 3-days (when the veins formed). Eggs with the saddle shaped air cell can still be hatched on their side. The whole reason for an upright incubation is to stabilize the air cell (regardless of the shape). Any eggs with moving air cells should continue to be incubated in the upright position.