only 4 peoples incubating eggs. admin, please remove this thread.

[walkswithdog]

Hi Mulia, luck with your hatching.

I think your thread title might have confused people a little is all. It's not quite clear what you are asking.

Turning can be either tilting as you show in the carton - though I just lift and prop one side of the carton at a time - tipping them all at once, or turning one side to another.

Though I also recommend rolling them gently rather than lifting them. You don't want to crack any.

I have done both, both work well. In the end you have to see for yourself which you like better.

Luck with your hatches!

 

[speckledhen]

Now that you have some answers, you dont still want your thread deleted or locked, do you?

 

[shelleyd2008]

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I hope not!

I actually forgot to turn some eggs for a few days, and most other days they'd be lucky to get turned once. These were from my own birds, and only 2 didn't hatch.

But either way you want to do it is fine, some people just place the palm of their hand on top of the egg and 'roll' them in the incubator. I've heard that duck eggs do better if you turn them big-end over (I took this to mean that you turned the little end over the big end, to make the egg lay on the opposite side). This worked very well for development when I did ducks like this, but my bator died on me around day 18 so I don't know how this (the turning method) affected the hatch. I do know that whenever I set my ducks eggs in the auto turner (which turns the eggs similar to your first 2 pictures, about 6 times a day), only about half the eggs hatch. I have heard ducks do better with hand turning, so I would lay the duck eggs on their sides. Chicken eggs are usually pretty resilient, so it wouldn't really matter how you do them

Hope this helps Mulia!!

 

[mulia24]

OMG, glad to hear another helps, did you know that i waste nothing in every thread i created or i read. i copy all information i got and paste it to a word document. then when i have time, i categorized it all and i print it and just "clip" it together. so i guarantee that there's no waste by giving me sharing experience since i save and "preserved" all experience i got.

i just found that my muscovy is more friendly and tame to me than my hen, rooster or my dog.

i'll give them higher ration of feed

@ everyone (sorry to not mention your name 1 by 1)

: thank you for answering, these really enriching my knowledge in turning eggs section.

good luck to your hatching all, i keep my finger crossed too.

( a little strange to me actually, in my country we never have/tell "finger crossed")

@ walkswithdog : nope, firstly i make the subject "which way better to turn eggs (some word may missing, not remember 100% exact statement)" then i edited it ""which way better to turn eggs, answer please" then the end is that you see now.thank you for wishing lucky.

@ admin : glad to get more knowledge, but i've told in the very first time this thread made that i'll asked it to deletion after get many answer, and i stand by what i've told, as a man never turn against his word. but i think i just a common member

have no power to do much thing in forum, then just let all decision fall to the most powerful people in forum, the admin.

 

[Emilys3guppies]

I am very relaxed with my eggs...I will have to tell you if it affects my hatch rate.

All the eggs are laid down on their side and I roll them 3 or 4 times a day. I don't pay attention that all the eggs were rolled 180degrees every single time. I just roll the all a bit with the palm of my hand.

Hope that helps!

 

[froggie71]

We haven't hatched in a carton, but have hatched like your second example. We have marked the eggs on 1 side and only turn them twice a day to the mark is on top in the morning and on the bottom at night. We turned at 10 am and 10pm. With both the duck eggs and chicken eggs (for the eggs that were fertile) there was a 100% hatch rate. Hope that helps you.

 

[YeOleBroodie]

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Good morning Mulia

I don't think there is just 'one way' that would be considered the right way to turn any eggs.

Many have their own ways to turn and most often they work out just fine.
I have seen people that forget to turn them for many days at a time and still have a pretty good hatch.

So many other factors come in to the hatching then just turning. A person can turn them faithfully every single day and still not have a good hatch.

Myself, I turn them the best way suited for me at the time. When I have lots of eggs I use the egg cartons, easier/faster for me. Propping, first one side, then the other side at alternate times, odd number of times a day.
When just a few eggs, I use the palm of my hand to turn them...some what like a hen would use her beak.

Sorry for not getting on to answer your questions sooner. Here it is a very busy time of the year with winter getting closer. Many things to be done outside, as I am sure it is for others too. Takes away from internet time.
So the longer you leave your post up the more answers you may get.
You might think of changing your title though.

Good luck with your hatch (es).

 

[mulia24]

@ YeOleBroodie : ew, good night YeOleBroodie, it's night 8:30 PM now in my country. thank you for explaining this all. of course there are no best like in our "word" in here : "there are skies above of sky".
by the way, what do you american do in winter outside? since i never feel any winter, even haven't touch any snow i don't know. it's rain season now in my country. only water that fall, no snow.

@ froggie71 : thank you froggie, i will remember that.

@ Emilys3guppies : of course you will emily, so i (perhaps we) can learn the effect of the position, so we can find the "best" position for the eggs.

 

[Riven]

I incubate mine in cartons but have an automatic turner that is the same motion as your first display.

I turn twice a day with no problems.

Don't forget when turning eggs with your hands to wash them well first, eggs are porous ( thus the little holes you can see in the shell if you look close ) and will absorb oils from our skins etc. Generally this may not be a problem, but if we'd be handling motor grease, pesticides, or other things and forgot to wash up it could be very bad for the egg!

Good luck on your hatching adventures! Please keep us updated!

 

[Camelot Farms]

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Mulia, in America some of us have winter and some of us do not. It gets colder but some parts rarely see snow. In the Northern states, it can be very cold and lots of snow, in the Southern states, we may not see any snow some years.

For fun, we sled, ski, ice skate. Not fun is shoveling all of that snow

We just try to stay warm and keep the chickens from freezing