Dislocated air cells?

[WildTurkeyDoctors]

I prefer this method over the cartons just because I feel like they get more air circulation. But, I'm not sure. First time trying this.

Will you keep your upright during lockdown?

 

[kyeschicks]

Gold star for inventiveness! Maybe I’ll try a few that way to see what happens!

hoping for good hatches

 

[kyeschicks]

Will you keep your upright during lockdown?

Yes. I have never hatched them upright but it has been suggested by others on here and apparently have good hatching rates. We shall see. I'm hoping for at least to hatch 3 pullets and 1 rooster so that I can do more experiments like this. I want to write an article on the best ways to hatch eggs including detached air cells, saddled air cells and just regular eggs.

 

[WildTurkeyDoctors]

Yes. I have never hatched them upright but it has been suggested by others on here and apparently have good hatching rates. We shall see. I'm hoping for at least to hatch 3 pullets and 1 rooster so that I can do more experiments like this. I want to write an article on the best ways to hatch eggs including detached air cells, saddled air cells and just regular eggs.

Fun! Fingers crossed for you! I have only done one previous bator hatch and they were from my backyard chickens after I was feeling sad after having to cull our rooster bc he was too aggressive. I put at least 12 in the bator and four hatched. All the no goes were yokers, none had detached air cells or saddle bags. Seems like that’s a shipped eggs thing.

 

[kyeschicks]

Fun! Fingers crossed for you! I have only done one previous bator hatch and they were from my backyard chickens after I was feeling sad after having to cull our rooster bc he was too aggressive. I put at least 12 in the bator and four hatched. All the no goes were yokers, none had detached air cells or saddle bags. Seems like that’s a shipped eggs thing.

Yes, all that moving and postal workers playing "Volleyball" with them causes those deformed air cells.

 

[kyeschicks]

What are you trying to hatch? I know you said olive eggs, so maybe olive eggers?

 

[MGG]

I have one too, what I did is I bought newborn socks and basically cut the band so that I could sit the eggs upright. I cut extra pieces and put them around the eggs so that when the turner turns, they don't knock over. I'll post a picture so you can see what I'm talking about lol I suck at describing things. But if you do decide to leave them laying on their side, keep me updated on how it goes! I'm interested in knowing. I want to find out if its beneficial on incubating them upright or if they still hatch well on their sides (I've had multiple chicks pip on the wrong end and still hatch, so why can't these ones right?

I cut rings out of toilet paper tubes and used those, they worked really well!

 

[WildTurkeyDoctors]

What are you trying to hatch? I know you said olive eggs, so maybe olive eggers?

It’s 20 rainbow eggs, so olive eggers, Amercaunas, Easter eggers and black copper marans. I decided to stick the ones that clearly have saddle and detached air sacks in the cartons since I’m fresh out of baby socks.

 

[Mellowmalt]

good luck with it. I have lost plenty with detached air cell, but have one again too at the moment. So far it has made it to day 5.
I think keeping it upright helps, seems what most people try. I tilt mine slightly while turning because otherwise I would feel like turning while keeping it completely upright would not be enough.
My logic to this is if you place a ping pong ball in a bucket of water and turn the bucket the ping pong ball will always stay in the same place and the aim of turning the eggs several times a day is to move things about. The detached air cell makes moving too much dangerous so I do slight tilting while keeping the air cell at the big end. If you think of the ping pong, if you tilt the bucket instead of just turning it the ping pong will move from side to side.

and the most important I think is to candle it keeping it upright too. With regular eggs you can hold tehm, turn them around etc, that would be very dangerous for one with a lose aircell

 

[WildTurkeyDoctors]

good luck with it. I have lost plenty with detached air cell, but have one again too at the moment. So far it has made it to day 5.
I think keeping it upright helps, seems what most people try. I tilt mine slightly while turning because otherwise I would feel like turning while keeping it completely upright would not be enough.
My logic to this is if you place a ping pong ball in a bucket of water and turn the bucket the ping pong ball will always stay in the same place and the aim of turning the eggs several times a day is to move things about. The detached air cell makes moving too much dangerous so I do slight tilting while keeping the air cell at the big end. If you think of the ping pong, if you tilt the bucket instead of just turning it the ping pong will move from side to side.

and the most important I think is to candle it keeping it upright too. With regular eggs you can hold tehm, turn them around etc, that would be very dangerous for one with a lose aircell

Good logic. I think a couple may have quit already but leaving in fir now in upright single crate. Will do the tilting. Several seems to be growing regardless.