I totally agree----I am not debating either---If it works for them----then Do what works best. People that hatch 20% every time needs to Learn---it ain't working---Gotta do something different-----to get different results for sure. Still interested in why Slordaz took those out the turner that early? Maybe she/he will answer the question?
I personally do not feel them standing up causes a problem, well it does not here for sure. One time I had some in the turner in a styrofoam incubator----I did not check my book until their 20th day----I had almost 1000 staggered set eggs going in 5 incubators---guess I got side tracked---LOL. Anyway, I was afraid to take them out the turner and lay them on their side---knowing they had already positioned themself to hatch---several were already pipped. I could have left them in the turner with it cut off, but I did not want my turner to get "dirty" from them hatching. I quickly and gently placed them in egg carton flats/trays, removed the turner, added warm water to bring up the humidity, closed the incubator------all hatched but one. One other time I had added 24 eggs to a cabinet----for some reason I did not write them down in my book-----keep in mind they were added to a cabinet that probably had 250+ eggs already in it and there were other cabinets with eggs as well as 1 or 2 styrofoams. Anyway 21/22/23/24(who knows) days later I walked in and heard chicks above all the fan noise from 2 cabinets but none were due to hatch by my book. I opened the cabinet---the floor was loaded with pretty dry chicks---I got them in a brooder quick them came back and pulled the tray out they were in----all had hatched but 2 eggs and those were clear/unfertile----checked the dates on the unhatched eggs---yep forgot to write them down 3 weeks + earlier. Again, them standing up and being turned did not affect the hatch, But it did affect the bottom of that incubator---alot of poop cleaning----I had never hatched in the cabinet incubators---they are normanally candled and moved to the hatcher on day 18. Good Luck!
I believe lockdown is 70%-75% but I am sure the pros will pipe in. Good luck on your hatch.hi guys
I have 4 fertile eggs (out of 6 eggs) in my bator at the moment and they go into lock down in 2 days. I'm doing the dry incubation method and have done It about 3 or 4 times but I've forgotten what to do at lockdown. how much water do you add and do you stop turning them?
Thanks for any help
