Setting tomorrow... have questions

[debilorrah]

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Put a book under one side, then flat, then the other side, each day.

 

[Cavendish Chickens]

Okay, so you're saying tilt left, then flat, then tilt right? How many times a day should I variate this? Should I use a hardback book, or does it matter?

 

[debilorrah]

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Or back and forth, doesn't really matter. Turning helps keep the yolk from sticking to the egg. Three times a day if possible. Use a thick book - phone book, Pride and Prejudice, etc.

 

[babsbag]

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I used egg cartons the first 18 days and then muffin tin liners. Egg cartons were great, muffin tin liners pretty much useless, IMO. They could still kick them around, which I didn't like. The next time I am going to use drawer dividers, cut down so that aren't very tall. The dividers like you would use in a sock drawer.

Because of my work schedule I only turned 2x a day M-F and 5 times on weekends. I just tipped the cartons from one side to the other. The eggs were probably at about a 45 degree angle. Here is a picture of the cartons in my homemade incubator. Since they were fastened to a piece of PVC I could move them from side to side without opening the incubator, I just turned the pipes.

 

[Cavendish Chickens]

So do I turn them clockwise as well as changing tilt? Or no. I'm not getting that part yet. And thank you VERY much for your help!