6th Annual BYC New Year's Day 2015 Hatch-A-Long

[ronott1]

for those of you that hatch in the cartons, can styrofoam cartons be used or just the cardboard ones? I have hatched in the cardboard ones and liked it, but I have lots of styrofoam cartons I don't need.

Yes, you can use foam egg cartons. I have a set of hatching trays made of plastic. One problem with them is that little breeds can get stuck in them.

 

[Mahonri]

for those of you that hatch in the cartons, can styrofoam cartons be used or just the cardboard ones? I have hatched in the cardboard ones and liked it, but I have lots of styrofoam cartons I don't need.

I found that the cardboard cartons absorb too much humidity... it's why I always used styrofoam

 

[hennible]

I found that the cardboard cartons absorb too much humidity... it's why I always used styrofoam

That's a good idea. My cardboard egg carton got wet I didn't notice and the humidity went up a bit too high... Next time styrofoam

 

[ronott1]

That's a good idea. My cardboard egg carton got wet I didn't notice and the humidity went up a bit too high... Next time styrofoam

I wipe the bottom of the wire with paper towels to make sure they is not water there to wick up into the paper carton.

I did have them get wet once years ago.

 

[Mahonri]

Quote: I will add that I always cut the bottoms out of the styrofoam as well as much of the sides... but enough to keep them stable.... and I always angled them with the air sac at the top...( last candle when I put them in before "confinement"... / lockdown.

 

[Amberjem]

 

[hennible]

I wipe the bottom of the wire with paper towels to make sure they is not water there to wick up into the paper carton.

I did have them get wet once years ago.

It was surely a case of me not paying attention. I must have poured water right on the carton they where soaked.

 

[Amberjem]

It was surely a case of me not paying attention. I must have poured water right on the carton they where soaked.

wake n bake?

 

[Amberjem]

humidity has settled to a 65% upon waking, n 99.5 temp

 

[hennible]

wake n bake?

Shhhh