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[ronott1]

If the aircells are not detached but shaped other than round, do you want to incubate them upright from the beginning of incubation and manually turn them?

Incubate them upright tilted to the side. Turn them manually for the first couple of days or so and then you can use a turner.

the turner that comes standard in the styrobators is a bit choppy and not gentle.

It is also very important to keep temperatures stable--as close to 99.5 as possible at egg level

 

[Joeschooks]

Did you incubate them upright in a carton and turn them gently side to side several times a day?

Yes, I have a Brinsea Ovation 28 Advance so they are automatically turned every hour. Fantastic piece of kit.

 

[oregonkat]

OK so now my next question. I have a mixed selection of eggs going into the bator tomorrow. Some shipped some of my own. Some of the shipped ones have definitely got less than ideal air cells. So, do I put all of them in cartons and just manually turn all of them for the first few day and then put all of them on the auto turner which is one of the types that is flat and the eggs lie on their sides or do I keep all of them in the cartons for the entire incubation period?

Incubate them upright tilted to the side. Turn them manually for the first couple of days or so and then you can use a turner.

the turner that comes standard in the styrobators is a bit choppy and not gentle.

It is also very important to keep temperatures stable--as close to 99.5 as possible at egg level

 

[ronott1]

Yes, I have a Brinsea Ovation 28 Advance so they are automatically turned every hour. Fantastic piece of kit.

Brinseas do very well with turning egg!

 

[ronott1]

OK so now my next question. I have a mixed selection of eggs going into the bator tomorrow. Some shipped some of my own. Some of the shipped ones have definitely got less than ideal air cells. So, do I put all of them in cartons and just manually turn all of them for the first few day and then put all of them on the auto turner which is one of the types that is flat and the eggs lie on their sides or do I keep all of them in the cartons for the entire incubation period?

I always hatch in cartons or hatching trays. It does not seem to hurt hatch rates at all.

Put them all into cartons for sure with mixed shipped and local eggs

 

[oregonkat]

I always hatch in cartons or hatching trays. It does not seem to hurt hatch rates at all.

Put them all into cartons for sure with mixed shipped and local eggs

Great, thank you!

 

[oregonkat]

Actually, one more thing... all my other hatches I have done on my flat turner and then turned it off for lockdown and hatch. Do I leave these upright eggs in the cartons through hatch or lay them down at lockdown? If I leave them, how to the chicks manage to navigate the carton?

I always hatch in cartons or hatching trays. It does not seem to hurt hatch rates at all.

Put them all into cartons for sure with mixed shipped and local eggs

 

[ronott1]

Actually, one more thing... all my other hatches I have done on my flat turner and then turned it off for lockdown and hatch. Do I leave these upright eggs in the cartons through hatch or lay them down at lockdown? If I leave them, how to the chicks manage to navigate the carton?

The cartons are cut down. they stay in the carton and then jump down when they have recovered from hatching.

 

[Joeschooks]

Actually, one more thing... all my other hatches I have done on my flat turner and then turned it off for lockdown and hatch. Do I leave these upright eggs in the cartons through hatch or lay them down at lockdown? If I leave them, how to the chicks manage to navigate the carton?

I lay mine down in muffin cases (you may want to double/triple the cases up though to give some more rigidity!)

 

[oregonkat]

Awww.... sweet little yellow fuzzies.. This pic looks very much like my hovabator and in playing with the possible scenarios for best and quickest turning I have the cartons (3 of them) up on some hard plastic lids about 1/2 inch high

The cartons are cut down. they stay in the carton and then jump down when they have recovered from hatching.

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so that the cartons can be tipped front to back in one movement. Am I supposed to tip them side to side also or is front to back enough movement?