The only other thing I'd be cautious on besides temps in the wash room would be if the floor (is a pier and joist type or a cement pad type) the prior I would worry with vibrations/shaking from the washer during use also too make sure it is not around a door that is frequently used as they invariably will get slammed on occasion this could jostle the eggs and cause problems resulting in ruptured blood vessels(blood ring) the temps aren't a set in stone, 99.5 is a perfected average one would think that under a broody all eggs aren't equal temps at all times due to orientation under the hen she just adjust them constantly is the reason they do so well(no machine can mimic a setting broody even as techno as the world has become in the digitized/cyber run era) nothing acts a nature does. FYI and J/S and done with my what fors and how comes
I have three teen boys, the smell in there can only get better............
Okay, so what I'm hearing is to rotate the eggs to different positions in the incubator as the hatch progresses. I assume this is so the eggs all have a time at the higher temps and at the lower temps. I'm curious, what are your hatch rates? Matt, will your's 'hatch a rock', too? I can see another experiment on the horizon.
Both of my styrobators are old and previously used. I plan to use them as hatchers and will disinfect them to within an inch of their lives. The model Sportsman I bought is the one without the hatching tray in the bottom. That should keep it cleaner and (hopefully) make things more simple. I also hope that only using them for hatching, and rotating which one I use each week, with thorough disinfecting in between will do the trick.I was told that a Styrofoam Incubator will hatch bacteria better than eggs after about 6 hatches. I have used mine one time and had an 80% hatch. I really had to mind the temperature closely though. Has anyone used these type incubators extensively with good success? If so, to what do you attribute your success?
I wonder if this could be what's been happening? It doesn't make sense to me though, it's not like I shake the egg either gently or vigorously. I can't see why laying it on its side would kill the embryo. I will try keeping them upright this next hatch season and see what happens.The only other thing I'd be cautious on besides temps in the wash room would be if the floor (is a pier and joist type or a cement pad type) the prior I would worry with vibrations/shaking from the washer during use also too make sure it is not around a door that is frequently used as they invariably will get slammed on occasion this could jostle the eggs and cause problems resulting in ruptured blood vessels(blood ring) the temps aren't a set in stone, 99.5 is a perfected average one would think that under a broody all eggs aren't equal temps at all times due to orientation under the hen she just adjust them constantly is the reason they do so well(no machine can mimic a setting broody even as techno as the world has become in the digitized/cyber run era) nothing acts a nature does. FYI and J/S and done with my what fors and how comesNice Christmas gift though I too am getting one( a big cabinet type) from my brother (is it a curse or a blessing)We shall see huh? LOL
Jeff
Oh yes I agree with Matt and Scott on the hatching the eggs uprighted just as they have been set in the turner I now do this practice and have increased my hatch yields tremendously I have lost more eggs from taking them out of the turner at 18 days (looked promising at candling) then laying them on sides to never have much anything good come out of that move lost lots this way(ignorance) it simply kills the embryo more times than not I ve found.
what I find is that eggs laid on their side get "kicked around" by the one who hatch first. This can't happen under a broody as she is sitting tight over everyone. The eggs hatched in cartons seem to stay upright
