How should eggs first be placed in the incubator?

[TheDuckCrew]

I'm going to turn them each day, but should they be placed with the top up (skinny part of the end of the egg), bottom up, or on their side?

 

[Ridgerunner]

Here are links to Texas A&M and Nebraska sites that give a lot of information about incubation.

http://gallus.tamu.edu/Extension publications/b6092.pdf

http://www.ianrpubs.unl.edu/epublic/pages/publicationD.jsp?publicationId=62

 

[old mill poultry]

Your long end of the egg sould be facing down. The fat end(short end) is where the top of the air cell will be. some people like to lay them on the side, I like the carton method.

 

[Tuffoldhen]

I lay mine on the wire, big end facing towards the back of the incubator.

 

[Panther Creek Poultry]

If you lay them on their sides, it takes care of itself, but if you use the cartonmethod, you need to put the small, pointy end down

Sheila