No turn hatches....

[adyhart1]

Ok so i have read that some people do not turn there eggs.... I personally do but i was wanting some input from some peeps who have done no turn hatches.

 

[pdsavage]

I have done a no turn hatch,but I would elevate one end of the incubator and switch sides several times a day.
The hatch was going well till i tripped over the cord a nd nocked the whole thing upside down.
65 % hatch rate.

 

[adyhart1]

ooo thats my biggest fear is tripping over all the cords for my incubator. So 65% for no turn hatch thats not too bad at all!

 

[rebel yell]

wouldn't that still be classified as turning, a turner does the same thing when it tilts from one side to the other.

 

[Livinwright Farm]

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This was my same thought. I thought a no turn hatch meant no turning/tilting at all. Which, last I knew can't be done with much of a hatch rate at all. The eggs need to be turned/tilted in order to keep the yolk exercized.

 

[pascopol]

I do not believe "no turn" hatch will increase your hatching rate.

LOL

If I had bunches of my own eggs and got lazy I could think of "no turn" hatches.

Otherwise it is just a stupid idea.

Just like other fairy tales type of..... preincubating eggs, determining birds sex by subjecting eggs to some gadgets sold by scammers etc. etc.

But as a saying goes: "A sucker is born every minute."

 

[ranchhand]

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That's basically what turning is. Moving the yolk enough to keep it from sticking to any one spot inside the shell.
Just like a hen does, moving the eggs underneath her.

 

[adyhart1]

I had just read that somewhere a while back that some people dont turn their eggs. I was just curious... i turn mine because i dont want to waste the small number of eggs i get at a time

 

[MuranoFarms]

My turner accidentally got turned off during a hatch and I went from 7 developing to 1 in about a week and 1/2....then I noticed it was off and turned it back on. The 1 hatched.

Not quite what you meant, but the closest I have come. Each egg looked like only half of it had chick in it.....the side that was up was completely empty.