question on changing position of eggs!

[birdbrain5]

i posted on here about hand turning and got some great advice (thanks all) but i do have a couple more questions! i started out hand turning a bunch of eggs because my turner was full. i just set some eggs into lockdown so now my turner is free. would it be ok to move my hand turned eggs into the turner, or should i not change the position they have been in for the past week? also, i have been hatching in egg cartons and i like it because i dont have to watch them play kickball with the unhatched eggs, but can i put my hand turned eggs into a carton to hatch or would that mess them up because of the different position?

thanks!

 

[hannakat]

Moving them shouldn't matter. From what I've done and what I've read, the more opportunity you have to move the eggs in different positions, the stronger the chick. I have a Brinsea ECO 20 without a turner so I rock the unit every time I walk past. When I candle the eggs, I always try to put them in a different location (that's just part of my insanity) thinking being neighbor to a different egg is a good thing...hahahaha!!!

Really though, I don't think you can hurt them...just make sure you maintain temps and humidity quickly.

good luck!!

 

[ScissorChick]

No - it shouldn't matter.

However when using a carton, or egg turner your eggs should always be positioned

pointy end facing down, fat end up. I've incubated & hatched eggs successfully in egg

cartons. Wishing you the best of luck!

~ScissorChik