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I've been using egg cartons this year with no problems. Just cut the tops down as much as possible (see pic below) to leave as much of the top of the egg out of the carton as possible. I know there are a lot of mixed feelings regarding using the cartons. I just liked the reasoning of keeping them upright for the last 3 days and the egg oriented in the same position that they were in the turner. This pic is of one of the very first ones that hatched this year using the cartons - he climbed back into the carton to get a better look around!! And if you look closely, you can still see his yolk sac!!
(He hatched from the egg in the bottom of the pic, and if you look closely at the egg at the top of the pic, at about 1:00, you can see where that one has pipped.)
I also put down a layer of shelf liner over the mesh, as you can see in the pic.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/40221_8.jpg
Thanks Coopa! This is about my 6th hatch and I've done it both ways but it's so hard to tell the outcome with eggs being shipped or not, humidity and what not! Just not convinced, but I never cut mine down as far as yours so maybe I will try that!
I've been using egg cartons this year with no problems. Just cut the tops down as much as possible (see pic below) to leave as much of the top of the egg out of the carton as possible. I know there are a lot of mixed feelings regarding using the cartons. I just liked the reasoning of keeping them upright for the last 3 days and the egg oriented in the same position that they were in the turner. This pic is of one of the very first ones that hatched this year using the cartons - he climbed back into the carton to get a better look around!! And if you look closely, you can still see his yolk sac!!
(He hatched from the egg in the bottom of the pic, and if you look closely at the egg at the top of the pic, at about 1:00, you can see where that one has pipped.)
I also put down a layer of shelf liner over the mesh, as you can see in the pic.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/40221_8.jpg
Thanks Coopa! This is about my 6th hatch and I've done it both ways but it's so hard to tell the outcome with eggs being shipped or not, humidity and what not! Just not convinced, but I never cut mine down as far as yours so maybe I will try that!
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