1st time using egg carton method and I've got pips!

[Three Cedars Silkies]

Sweet, sweet....

 

[SandraMort]

"A human should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion..."

It's a FABULOUS quote, not it's not anonymous. It was written by Robert Heinlein (American science-fiction writer,1907-1988).

 

[LilRalphieRoosmama]

Up to 6 hatched; many pipping! Will send pics in the AM.

 

[Katy]

 

[LilRalphieRoosmama]

Good morning! We have 13 so far and they are still hatching. I'm really liking the egg carton method - very clean and all of the chicks are perfect.

This is a BR/RIR mix:

This is a BR/araucana mix:

And these are the button quail that hatched Tuesday. Had to throw this in:

 

[Three Cedars Silkies]

Quote:
Great! Thanks for the info. It was anonymous to me at the time I first read it and I didn't want anyone to think I was taking credit for it. There's not enough room to add his name to the end of the quote!!

 

[I*Eat*Chickens*Yum]

can someone post a link on this egg carton method. I am curious to find out what it is and haven't found it on here. Thanks

 

[LilRalphieRoosmama]

Instead of laying the eggs on their sides in the incubator, you put them in egg cartons, big end up to hatch. This way you can fit more eggs in there and they don't roll around and knock into the other eggs as they are hatching. It is working beautifully!

 

[Katy]

There are several threads here about it since last spring. I'll see if I can come up with the links to some.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=43576

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=38933

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=37206

 

[LilRalphieRoosmama]

Up to 15 and still going!!! All are beautiful, healthy and doing well. Oldtimegator, you were right - from now on I will only use the egg carton method! The only thing I'm not crazy about is that their little heads are closer to the heating element so I am trying to grab those out and put them in the other bator, but it's only a few chicks on the one side. Had to set the carton off-center because it only held 30 eggs and I had 35.