How do I turn button eggs in quail egg cartons?

[Mrs. Fluffy Puffy]

Title says it all ...
I got 45 button eggs in the mail this morning, I didn't know how I was suppost to turn them in the carton so I just turned them all on their sides ... am I suppost to turn them from the small pointed end to the big fat end of the egg? Thanks!

 

[Sir Birdaholic]

Put them in the carton, small side down, & raise one side of the carton, to tilt eggs, & then raise the other side up. No need to hand turn this way.

 

[Mrs. Fluffy Puffy]

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So put them in the carton small end down .... and tilt the carton side ways?

 

[shelleyd2008]

Mrs. Fluffy Puffy :

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So put them in the carton small end down .... and tilt the carton side ways?

Yep, like a teeter-totter

Just put something under one end of the carton to elevate it, then switch to the other side a couple times a day. Or you could just lay them in the bator and roll them with your hand, place your palm on top of the eggs and just move them around some. That works just as well

 

[Mrs. Fluffy Puffy]

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So put them in the carton small end down .... and tilt the carton side ways?

Yep, like a teeter-totter

Just put something under one end of the carton to elevate it, then switch to the other side a couple times a day. Or you could just lay them in the bator and roll them with your hand, place your palm on top of the eggs and just move them around some. That works just as well

I have a nesting box with a heat lamp hung right over it so when ever I want to turn the eggs I switch on the lamp and let it get warm and then I put the carton under the light while I turn them that way they don't get cold and the incubator doesn't loose all it's warm air.
I will try it in the morning, will the eggs fall out of the carton? Or will they stay put? They fit pretty tightly in the carton ..?

 

[Buttercup Chillin]

They shouldn't move much. It only takes a second to do the change.

 

[Stellar]

Hand turning 45 eggs. Oh boy

You have skills

I have turners that do all the work.

 

[shelleyd2008]

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All the 'pros' say just to roll your hand over them to turn them, rather than turning each and every one one full rotation. A lot of people I know in this area do it like that...I have a turner

 

[Stellar]

Yeah, I stick in the incubator 100+ at a time, not going to hand turn them

Unless it's super necessary

 

[Mrs. Fluffy Puffy]

I have auto-matic egg turners but .... I'm havings some issues with them!