Newbie Question On Turning Eggs

[TDCLARK9]

I Started My First Batch And I'm Turning Three Times A Day By Hand. I Built My Own Bator With The Help Of All The Byc Family. However In Looking At Egg Turners I Noticed That They Didn't Appear To Turn Completely Over. Mark It Up To Ignorance, But I Thought They Needed To Be Turned 180 Degrees Each Time. Can Anyone Enlghten Me As To How Much They Have To Be Turned. Thanks

 

[Smokin Silkies]

My turner doesn't turn them completely sideways. I have two bators and both turners are the same. Not sure what the degree would be but....

 

[onthespot]

I have four automatic turners but they are all stashed away right now. I have started turning by hand, but I use the roller derby method, I just wash my hands, lay it flat on the bunch o' eggs, and kinda drag them this way and that gently, pulling them from the outside to the inside. They end up randomly turned who knows which way from where they started, sometimes make a couple complete turns in the rearranging. Just takes a few seconds that way, and I have had my first decent hatch doing it that way. I am going to do a few more like that and see how it goes. I would rather take my chances with a hundred eggs hand turned, than forty machine turned. I will do a few experiments and see which way they turn out. I don't mark an x and o on them or anything, just the date I put them in on the wide end with a sharpie.

 

[Paganbird]

The eggs just tilt back and forth... not really a turn.
Are you using cartons, or are the eggs laying on their sides?
If the eggs are laying on their sides, you can roll them completely over. Mark one side with an "X" and one side with an "0" to know which side is which.
If the eggs are in cartons, the need to be set pointy-end-down. Then simply tilt the eggs side to side, I guess about 45 degrees from center (straight up-and-down).
Does that answer your question?

 

[TDCLARK9]

Thanks For The Info. Look Forward To More Chicken Fun.

 

[NellaBean]

I pretty haphazardly turn eggs. I roll them in groups or turn them one by one....if you have ever watched a broody do it, its not rocket science. Sometimes they turn more than other times or not much. I think it is less important to turn a pretty specific amount as to just make sure they get moved so they won't "stick".

 

[Madcap621]

I have 3 different turners - all tilt one way about 45* then back thru' center and about 45* the opposite way for a total aof about 90* all told every 30" to 2 Hours.