Double stacking???

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Has anyone ever double stack eggs in there GQF?And had a good success rate?

 

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[Cluck-a-Doodle-Doo]

I do not have a GQF, just a homemade incubator (old ice cooler) but have stacked eggs during the last 3 hatches and it has worked out well for me, still exactly 95% hatch rate.

Just make sure they can all get out of their shells when the time comes.

And I do staggered hatches when stacking them so the top level hatches out 3 or 4 days before the bottom level.

 

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ok, So it can be done no problem....Any one else had done this.?

 

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I wanted to ask you. Do you put anything between the 2 layers of eggs. ?Or you just put on egg on top of the other. ?

 

[lemurchaser]

You just can't have them all hatch at the same time, because they need room to get out of the egg. Then you have all the problems with doing a staggered hatch.

 

[adorable]

You can do it .If the second layer isnt full. Only half full. Will it still work. Or you still have to staggered the hatch?

 

[SundownWaterfowl]

Ive tried it with my last hatch. The hatch rate does go down either from that, or because i couldnt turn each egg I was tilting the bator back and forth. Im using the hovabator 1588. But it was either try double stacking or toss the extra eggs.

 

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That is the same as i have. What was your hatch rate?How many eggs did you have in there. How many hatch out ok for you?

 

[19Dawn76]

i filled my turner up and then put 8 eggs on top of those. When I candled I had to toss some so I just replaced the duds with some of the ones that had been riding on top. I ended up with 3 empyt holes in my turner. Mine are due to hatch on Friday .