They're in cartons right now, just didn't know if I should remove them from it to help with the hatch? Or leave them? If they can just sit in there the way they are I'll leave them. Thanks!Lynzii - not sure what you mean but I put my eggs in lockdown in cartons like this. I have used paper giving it a good rinse in hot water and letting it dry too.
I put my eggs in egg cartons upright, just like they were incubated. If you can candle & make sure all air cells are in the fat end, sometimes they are not.
Close up the hatcher until it is over. That is the hard part.....
nope. Fat end up. I would leave them in the carton to hatch. This way eggs aren't rolling around everywhere as chicks hatch
Today is my daughter's birthday...she's not 4 (going on 14). Let me just say I have about had it with her today. You would think I've been arguing with a teenager all day. I must be the meanest mom too but I'm sorry my kids know there are consequences when they act out or act selfish. Just to give you a little tid-bit on what I did today just because I think it's funny...So my mom (who lives in CT) wanted to send her a package so she'd actually get a gift from her on her birthday. My daughter told her a week or so ago she wants "everything for girls" and she really like unicorns. So my mom found this purple unicorn pillow pet at the store and decided she would send her that. We're both thinking Wow, she's going to be soooo surprised and so happy with it, etc etc. Well my mom tells me to video tape her when she gets it and opens it. I did, but the reaction wasn't what we expected. She was upset, "it wasn't what she wanted" "It doesn't even do anything" and just flat out threw a fit over the fact that my mom stuck a swirly pop lollipop in there for my son so he would have something small and not feel left out but didn't put one in there for her. So she threw her fit, marched upstairs, leaving the pillow pet on the floor in the kitchen. So I grabbed it, put it back in the box, hid the box and when she came downstairs looking for it I told her I gave it back to the mailman to bring back to grandmas.Evil I know! I'm sorry but I cant stand it when a kid - any kid opens up a gift and is all "What is this? I didn't ask for this. This isn't what I wanted." And I will NOT allow for my kids to behave that way. Call me mean, but thats just the way I am.
So she calmed down, I gave her the speech of how selfish she was acting and I don't care what anyone gives her you always say Thank You. I told her she is going to call Grandma later, tell her she got her package in the mail but because of how she acted about it Mom put it back in the mail to send back to you. I called my mom and told her to play along so that when Tess asks her if she can send it back I'll make like it was re-delivered a day or two from now. She thought it was hilarious.
Anywho....on to chickens, I have a question about these eggs I'm going to lockdown on Wednesday. Should I be doing anything with them before I lock down? Like position them a certain way? Leave them in the carton? Take them out of the carton? Lay them on their sides? Air cell up or down?
Thanks, My kids don't get away with much with me as a mom. LOL It was funny though, after talking to my mom and telling her this story she like, "Thats not even the box I wanted you to record her opening! Why did you get THAT one first?" I guess she sent two and wanted Tess to get the other one first and the pillow pet second. Well we ended up getting the actual birthday box later in the afternoon from UPS and after going thru everything she took out this little purse my mom had gotten her and inside was her lollipop! LOL she felt pretty embarrassed after finding that. The whole thing was just funny today. My son and I watched her grumpy video when he got home from school and both of them were laughing over it. That pillow pet box will be "coming back" on Wednesday. She asked my mom to PLEEEEEEAAASE send it back. LOL
