Incubating and hatching in egg cartons?

[harleyjo]

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?

 

[rebelcowboysnb]

That kind of incubator are you using?

 

[chkinut]

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.

 

[comptonsgonecountry]

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!

 

[harleyjo]

That kind of incubator are you using?

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.

 

[redhen689]

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.

 

[CarolJ]

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.

 

[tinaschiks]

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?

 

[bobbi-j]

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.