Brower 846 incubator; turn all the eggs? or tilt the bator???

[Laurieks]

My mom gave this to me during the Newcastle outbreak several years ago; my uncle had given it to her and she hadn't used it, but she lived in Norco, which was close to ground zero for Newcastle if I remember correctly. Sooo, I quadruple bagged it and a friend piped ozone from his spa 'sanitizer' through the bags, then it sat, bagged, for ~6 years. I just decided to dust it off and fire it up. This thread makes it sound pretty good!

Up to 96 in the last half hour, with a small jar of water in the center. I'll get a pie tin under the hardware cloth tomorrow, and may start eggs in it that I was going to take to a friend's Sportsman. I'm thinking of leaving them in cartons and using a block to prop up one side of the whole bator to tilt it to one side & then the other; opinions???

These are special eggs I do not want to risk

if I use a deep enough water container maybe I wont spill any.

 

[Mahonri]

I guess you can't put a turner in there?

 

[Laurieks]

Hmm, I have the LG turner... will give it a try, then I won't have to worry about turning them enough or spilling the water. This thing is so solid it might work out in the barn, but for now it's in the back porch.
Thankees

 

[debilorrah]

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Actually you have the right idea - book in the front, then the back - three time day.

 

[Laurieks]

Yay thankees Debi!
I was going to use a 2x4 or a brick.
The LG turner needs 2 corners cut off to fit in. Not sure what to cut it with and no easy way to get the cord out to power it, so out to find a short piece of 2x4 I go.

 

[debilorrah]

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Front to back, not side to side, k?

 

[Laurieks]

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why? does this mean the eggs should be lined up a certain way? They're now (I just set some) in 18 egg cartons one on each side of the center, with a sushi tray of water under the the wire, in the center.
Thanks again

 

[debilorrah]

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why? does this mean the eggs should be lined up a certain way? They're now (I just set some) in 18 egg cartons one on each side of the center, with a sushi tray of water under them in the wire in the center.
Thanks again

Why? I have no clue, but my turner goes from front to back.

So I figured copying a turner would be best.

 

[mxpres]

Ok folks,I just started 40 coturnix eggs from jjmr794,due to hatch 3/4/10,,I studied the instructions and read just about everything on here about hatching,chicken and quail eggs,bator is humming along on 100.1,humidity is 42%,,and I am getting nervous aready,,I have everything in perfect order but still feel like I am doing something wrong,,First time jitters maybe???Did anyone else feel that way??and I still got 17 days to go,,Lordy

 

[debilorrah]

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Yes. I am nervous about mine too because my first two tries were a flop. You are not alone.