So I needed to get my coturnix eggs in my homemade bator as quickly as possible today after the hovabator hit 107 briefly.
Trouble is, how do I hold 56 quail eggs on my turner, which is a rod thru the bator that pivots the eggs with a twist of the handle( the standard dyi cooler style turner).
So using the lighting grid the eggs were already on(which holds them upright extremely well), I cut strips of grid that was most of 1 square high, then glued them upright on the main grid.
The quail eggs fit perfectly and are nestled into the grid and supported by 5 points of contact with the turner.
I get full range of motion from the turner and no roll-aways.
The lighting grid is sturdy enough that I could raise it up off the turner rod with a base of more grid, and I put my last batch of chicken eggs on lockdown just now underneath.
And the grid can be easily and quickly be removed and reinstalled when I need to remove my chicks in a few days.
The lighting grid(ironically called "eggcrate") also allows me to see the hatching chicken eggs below.
Anyways, if anybody is interested . . .
Trouble is, how do I hold 56 quail eggs on my turner, which is a rod thru the bator that pivots the eggs with a twist of the handle( the standard dyi cooler style turner).
So using the lighting grid the eggs were already on(which holds them upright extremely well), I cut strips of grid that was most of 1 square high, then glued them upright on the main grid.
The quail eggs fit perfectly and are nestled into the grid and supported by 5 points of contact with the turner.
I get full range of motion from the turner and no roll-aways.
The lighting grid is sturdy enough that I could raise it up off the turner rod with a base of more grid, and I put my last batch of chicken eggs on lockdown just now underneath.
And the grid can be easily and quickly be removed and reinstalled when I need to remove my chicks in a few days.
The lighting grid(ironically called "eggcrate") also allows me to see the hatching chicken eggs below.
Anyways, if anybody is interested . . .

