18th day question

[GiGi123]

hi everyone,

just wondering....
on the 18th day i am supposed to stop turning the eggs. So should i remove them from the auto egg turner? should i put the eggs in a carton or lie them on the wire at the bottom of the incubator??

thank you for your help,
Gigi

 

[acid_chipmunk]

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We remove them from the turner and put them in cartons for hatching. Less mess and the one that are running around can't play soccer with the eggs.

 

[GiGi123]

thanks for the help

gigi

 

[Ridgerunner]

I suggest removing the turner, partly to make it easier to clean up and partly to give the chicks less things to get hung up on when they are roaming around.

Some people put them in cartons, usually with the bottom of the carton cut off to improve air circulation. I don't. I just lay them on the bottom and let the chicks that have hatched play rugby with the unhatched eggs. From analyzing the unhatched eggs, I have not seen where this caused a problem. It is also what the instructions that came with the incubator said to do. But I seriously doubt it makes much difference.

Good luck! It gets really exciting about this time.

 

[funnybirds]

Oh! Good luck , I hope everything goes well for you.
I think it would be less clean up and potential problems if you took out the turner. The egg carton idea sounds good.
This is your first hatch too right?

 

[BeccaB00]

Hi, yes remove them from the turner. But DO NOT put them in cartons. Yes, it IS less of a mess in cartons but it makes hatching more difficult for the chicks. Lay them on a paper towel in the bottum of the incubator. have fun and good luck!

 

[sheila3935]

I personally think that the chicks bumping into the eggs encourages the chicks not hatched to hatch. I know that after that first chick hatches and starts peeping and bumping around in there the others start hatching pretty fast. I lay mine on the bottom with paper towel too. So far I have done 2 hatches the first was 99% hatch the 2nd was 100 % hatch.