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I let them lay on their sides as much as possible. They tend to roll and bump each other, and once there is one chick playing egg football, any idea of control is over.
I usually have at least one breech egg per batch of 20. Oh wait, you are just beginning your hatch, not lockdown.
Ok, with shipped eggs you want to set them with the air cell pointing up at first. The aircell should be in the big end, so yes, begin with the big end pointed up. Once the chickies are developing well, you can set them on their side, if you wish -- after day 10.
With eggs laid from my hens I prefer to let them lay on their sides since that is how momma hen does it.
On my Eco 20 thermometer I took a red sharpie pen and drew a line around the 100 degree mark. Sure makes the temperture easier to figure out.
I let them lay on their sides as much as possible. They tend to roll and bump each other, and once there is one chick playing egg football, any idea of control is over.
I usually have at least one breech egg per batch of 20. Oh wait, you are just beginning your hatch, not lockdown.
Ok, with shipped eggs you want to set them with the air cell pointing up at first. The aircell should be in the big end, so yes, begin with the big end pointed up. Once the chickies are developing well, you can set them on their side, if you wish -- after day 10.
With eggs laid from my hens I prefer to let them lay on their sides since that is how momma hen does it.
On my Eco 20 thermometer I took a red sharpie pen and drew a line around the 100 degree mark. Sure makes the temperture easier to figure out.
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