First time hatching with an incubator help

[FrogRaku]

Thanks so much for the detailed explanation!! I'm definately going to take them out of the turner before hatching.

 

[AmyLynn2374]

I'm incubating eggs for the first time with an egg turner. AmyLynn - you said most people take the turner out before lockdown - if the turner is the kind that holds the eggs upright, will it be a problem for the chicks hatching if the eggs are then layed on their sides to hatch? Thanks!

Thanks so much for the detailed explanation!! I'm definately going to take them out of the turner before hatching.

Yes. I definitely would. It's too easy for chicks to get leg injuries and such on that turner and it would be a bigger clean up job. I always laid mine down for hatch when I used a turner. Some people do hatch out in cartons, not me.

 

[GitaBooks]

I'm incubating eggs for the first time with an egg turner. AmyLynn - you said most people take the turner out before lockdown - if the turner is the kind that holds the eggs upright, will it be a problem for the chicks hatching if the eggs are then layed on their sides to hatch? Thanks!

I agree with Ridgerunner in how to incubate eggs. However, if you got your eggs shipped they may need to be stood up. Mine will have to be, as the aircell is detached.

 

[elb61288]

I have seen ppl say to make paper cups or add paper towels under the eggs for Easier clean up is this true wouldn't it get stuck and wet because of all the water and the stuff in the eggs sticking to it! Today is lockdown for me so I want to make sure I get it right!

 

[GitaBooks]

I have seen ppl say to make paper cups or add paper towels under the eggs for Easier clean up is this true wouldn't it get stuck and wet because of all the water and the stuff in the eggs sticking to it! Today is lockdown for me so I want to make sure I get it right!

Eggs are pretty dry upon hatching. Of course, you are suppose to scrub the whole incubator, so I don't think it would make a big difference in cleaning.

 

[AmyLynn2374]

I have seen ppl say to make paper cups or add paper towels under the eggs for Easier clean up is this true wouldn't it get stuck and wet because of all the water and the stuff in the eggs sticking to it! Today is lockdown for me so I want to make sure I get it right!

I use the rubber shelf liner in the bottom of mine. It provides cushion and grip for the chick's feet and easy clean up. Just pull it out and throw it away. $1 at the dollar store. The messiest part of hatching is the egg poo and goo that often is left over.

 

[random1449]

Whenever I'm incubating chicken eggs I like it at 45% - 50% humidity. And 65% - 70% on lock down. I don't have any chickens but I incubate my uncles thai/aseel chicken eggs. I have quails, and I think they are the easiest things to incubate and hatch. Although I keep my humidity low for quail. Around 35% - 40% humidity. But for shipped eggs I always go DRY incubation on them. I seem to have the same hatch results with shipped eggs and my own eggs I put in from my backyard

. Btw, I have a Farmers Innovators Incubator 4200 circulated air. Can be a pain in the butt

 

[elb61288]

Well I'm going to lockdown in a bit do I add a whole sponge or a part and do I put it under the screen or on top I have a lg incubator my humidity stays at 50% when the wells r full! Do I soak the sponge or just a little wet?

 

[GitaBooks]

Well I'm going to lockdown in a bit do I add a whole sponge or a part and do I put it under the screen or on top I have a lg incubator my humidity stays at 50% when the wells r full! Do I soak the sponge or just a little wet?

Soak the sponge and then squeeze it out so it doesn't drip.

Best of luck!

 

[elb61288]

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