button eggs...what now?

[Rainwolf]

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and to bring up egg temps if they are cold.

 

[mhwc56]

makes sense.
i actually waited patiently for the full 24...plus a little...they are in the incubator now though...my Christmas gift to me ...

 

[shelleyd2008]

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Sorry, it's not. You can leave them in the bator to do that, just don't turn them for the first 24 hours. You need to let them get to room temperature so they don't develop condensation, if they are shipped during warmer weather you don't need to let them sit at all.

I remember when I first started hatching eggs, I was told (or read) not to turn the eggs for the first 24 hours anyway. I remember doing it then, but since I got my auto turners I just put them on it from the start. But shipped eggs go in the 'hatching' (no auto turner) incubator for a day or two, then they go to the other one with the turner.

Just a little tip for future reference, if you do happen to get eggs during warmer weather it's better if you DON'T let them sit on the counter for a day. They may have started developing already in transit and leaving them on the counter could kill them. I and a friend of mine both did this last summer and had much better hatches when putting them directly in the bator.

(side note: Don't believe everything you read, leaving them on the counter or putting them in an auto turner, either way the air cells are not going to return to 'normal' if they are detached)

 

[deerman]

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Sorry, it's not. You can leave them in the bator to do that, just don't turn them for the first 24 hours. You need to let them get to room temperature so they don't develop condensation, if they are shipped during warmer weather you don't need to let them sit at all.

I remember when I first started hatching eggs, I was told (or read) not to turn the eggs for the first 24 hours anyway. I remember doing it then, but since I got my auto turners I just put them on it from the start. But shipped eggs go in the 'hatching' (no auto turner) incubator for a day or two, then they go to the other one with the turner.

Just a little tip for future reference, if you do happen to get eggs during warmer weather it's better if you DON'T let them sit on the counter for a day. They may have started developing already in transit and leaving them on the counter could kill them. I and a friend of mine both did this last summer and had much better hatches when putting them directly in the bator.

(side note: Don't believe everything you read, leaving them on the counter or putting them in an auto turner, either way the air cells are not going to return to 'normal' if they are detached)

Well your way off on that......its not to get detached air cells back together...it to get the air cell to large end of egg. Oh eggs need turned from the 1 st day of incubation........wonder why all the large hatcheries start turning on day one....guess they don't know that....they only hatch thousands at a time.

Eggs are started in turner from day one. Reason you need to get the air cell to large end. never know which end has been up those days in shipping. Oh most eggs are not shipped on cold days.....how many people shipping eggs tell you to let them set....even in july

 

[shelleyd2008]

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Sorry, it's not. You can leave them in the bator to do that, just don't turn them for the first 24 hours. You need to let them get to room temperature so they don't develop condensation, if they are shipped during warmer weather you don't need to let them sit at all.

I remember when I first started hatching eggs, I was told (or read) not to turn the eggs for the first 24 hours anyway. I remember doing it then, but since I got my auto turners I just put them on it from the start. But shipped eggs go in the 'hatching' (no auto turner) incubator for a day or two, then they go to the other one with the turner.

Just a little tip for future reference, if you do happen to get eggs during warmer weather it's better if you DON'T let them sit on the counter for a day. They may have started developing already in transit and leaving them on the counter could kill them. I and a friend of mine both did this last summer and had much better hatches when putting them directly in the bator.

(side note: Don't believe everything you read, leaving them on the counter or putting them in an auto turner, either way the air cells are not going to return to 'normal' if they are detached)

Well your way off on that......its not to get detached air cells back together...it to get the air cell to large end of egg. Oh eggs need turned from the 1 st day of incubation........wonder why all the large hatcheries start turning on day one....guess they don't know that....they only hatch thousands at a time.

Eggs are started in turner from day one. Reason you need to get the air cell to large end. never know which end has been up those days in shipping. Oh most eggs are not shipped on cold days.....how many people shipping eggs tell you to let them set....even in july

Whatever, you know what they say about opinions. You do it your way, and I'll do it mine, though I'll keep setting them in the bator to 'settle' like I've been doing for over the past year

ETA: So since this is what the 'big hatcheries' do and you seem to think that's exactly how we should do it, does that mean we should throw eggs away that are half zipped with live chicks just because they don't hatch at the 'expected' time?

 

[deerman]

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Well your way off on that......its not to get detached air cells back together...it to get the air cell to large end of egg. Oh eggs need turned from the 1 st day of incubation........wonder why all the large hatcheries start turning on day one....guess they don't know that....they only hatch thousands at a time.

Eggs are started in turner from day one. Reason you need to get the air cell to large end. never know which end has been up those days in shipping. Oh most eggs are not shipped on cold days.....how many people shipping eggs tell you to let them set....even in july

Whatever, you know what they say about opinions. You do it your way, and I'll do it mine, though I'll keep setting them in the bator to 'settle' like I've been doing for over the past year

ETA: So since this is what the 'big hatcheries' do and you seem to think that's exactly how we should do it, does that mean we should throw eggs away that are half zipped with live chicks just because they don't hatch at the 'expected' time?

Matter of fact I don't help any out, if to weak to hatch. Will never be a breeder for me.

 

[shelleyd2008]

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That's not what I asked, I asked if you throw half-hatched chicks away just because they didn't hatch 'on time'. I saw something where they did just that. When they removed the carts from the hatchers, they took hatched chicks out of the trays and everything else was tossed...even chicks that were in the process of hatching but not yet out completely.