Stack eggs or put extra in still air?

[WIchickens]

Ok - so I got a little excited and over bought some eggs

I just got the Brinsea 20 eco without the turner. I also have a still air Styrofoam incubator. Yesterday I locked down 14 chicken eggs in my still air incubator, and had to move 8 chicken eggs into my already full brinsea. Since it circulates air, I thought it might be ok until the other chicken eggs hatch on Thursday (hopefully). although the eggs that are locked down right now are not looking too promising. urgh.

anyway my question is - after this hatch, should I move the 8 extra back into the still air or leave them stacked in the brinsea? which do you think will work out best for my eggs??

 

[scflock]

Ok - so I got a little excited and over bought some eggs

I just got the Brinsea 20 eco without the turner. I also have a still air Styrofoam incubator. Yesterday I locked down 14 chicken eggs in my still air incubator, and had to move 8 chicken eggs into my already full brinsea. Since it circulates air, I thought it might be ok until the other chicken eggs hatch on Thursday (hopefully). although the eggs that are locked down right now are not looking too promising. urgh.

anyway my question is - after this hatch, should I move the 8 extra back into the still air or leave them stacked in the brinsea? which do you think will work out best for my eggs??

Are the 8 you moved on the same time line as the ones in the Brinsea? If so, I would leave them until lockdown and see if you candle out enough to leave room for all of the viable eggs

 

[lazy gardener]

After my last hatch with less than stellar results in my forced air bator, I'm coming to the conclusion that less is more. I loaded the bator to the max, this time, and had my worst hatch ever. So, my next batch will be modest in size, and I'm back to the drawing board to try to get my temps evened out before setting eggs. So, if you have a second bator, use it instead of maxing out the first one. JMHO

 

[scflock]

After my last hatch with less than stellar results in my forced air bator, I'm coming to the conclusion that less is more. I loaded the bator to the max, this time, and had my worst hatch ever. So, my next batch will be modest in size, and I'm back to the drawing board to try to get my temps evened out before setting eggs. So, if you have a second bator, use it instead of maxing out the first one. JMHO

I can see your point. FWIW, best hatch I ever had in an Octagon 20 was one fully loaded with 24 eggs, and hatched 22