How many of you incubate and hatch in egg cartons? I am on my 3rd or 4th incubation, at lock down now. I plan to start another batch next week. I would like to do a larger batch next time but think in order to get all the eggs in I want I am going to have to use egg cartons. I don't have an egg turner so if I hatch in egg cartons I will have to prop sides to change postitions on the eggs. Thoughts?
i don't turn my eggs in cartons....although i know people do. i have an egg turner. but i DO hatch in cartons and i love it! the eggs stay in one spot, clean up is easier, and the partying chicks don't play soccer with the ones not hatched yet.
That is what I do... incubate and hatch in cartons. I use a large book to prop up the side of the incubator from the outside. I switch sides 3-4 times a day. I have 3 hatches going in egg cartons now. One is due this Saturday! My last hatch was two weeks ago and I had a 75% hatch rate in cartons. My best hatch so far!
I have a Hovabator still air, I think 1602n or something like that. However that said, after my first hatch I got one of those 4 inch personal fans from walmart to set in there to circulate the air. I also do not have a turner.
I am currently incubating in cartons. This is my first time doing this. I had planned to move them out of the cartons for lockdown, but from what I'm reading here, I guess that might not be necessary.
I use a turner for incubating, but I put them in cartons at lockdown - so they hatch in cartons. That's the only way I've ever done it.
ok i am very new at this and i cant have a rooster where i live so i bought 12 fertilized eggs and was told to set them in the nest i have a hen who is sitting but i have lost 2 of the fertile eggs to smashing and my girls keep laying should i buy another nest or hatch eggs another way?
If you don't have any broody hens, they won't set. You need to get an incubator to be able to hatch when you want to.
