Quote: How do you prewarm your eggs?
Before I add any eggs to my incubator I use one of several methods. I either :
Add bottles of hot water to the container and cover with a towel,
or I microwave those rice bags and wrap in a towel, top with the eggs and a towel,
or I dampen a towel and microwave it for 30 seconds and wrap the eggs in that.
I like to warm my eggs slowly, to not shock the embryo. I store my own eggs in the basement ( 50 degrees) and then move them to the incubating room (65-75 degrees) for about 12 hours then p lace them in the incubator which is about 100. If I have shipped eggs, I unpack asap to make sure the eggs have access to air ( these eggs breathe) and set them upright in a paper egg carton with bottoms opened on the egg carton ; often the eggs are in the carton every which way. Sometimes eggs are very cold sometimes not, either way I put them in the incubating room ( 65-75) to acclimate, then into hatcher in the same cartons. I let the eggs sit for several days before I start turning. I do touch them, and spin them slowly. I do this because an attentive hen would be pestering those eggs regularly, and I try to give that impression to the egg during the non-turning time. I can't be sure that this truly improves the hatching as so many factors are in play before the eggs get to me. I'm sure I have more to learn , too.
As I remember day 5 is when the embryo settles into position so it needs to know what end is up before that.
I have an LG and a homemade incubator.