The Great Egg Shipping Experiment!

[Wisher1000]

I have a question for you, Dan. I am planning to keep a roo from the forty some odd chicks I am brooding at the moment. I plan to name this one Dan, like the previous one I had. Since you chided me for saying "he just looked like a Dan," what qualities should I look for in the rooster I select?

 

[MeanV2]

Morning, Dan,

I think most people use the rubber-bubble shelf liner in their hatchers and recommend putting the eggs in the same position they were in in the bator. I have an auto turner so I put mine in cut-down stryo egg cartons. I candle and try to put the most air cell pointing up, even if that means tilting the egg in the carton. If you have been turning by hand and the eggs have been on their sides for cooking, I would say leave them on their sides, again, with the most air cell upwards. You will find many people that do it many different ways, successfully. You will eventually develop your own "best practice" so use what advice you get (including mine) as suggestions. Just look at how much you have learned from this hatch, and you are already making notes and plans for the next one. It is a process, and the learning is part of the addiction. Don't stress, have fun, and remember, if you had known it wasn't going to hatch, it would have just been eaten!

I did put the rubber shelf liner in the trays. Something I read on here I am sure. Sounds like I need to try setting them in egg cartons once I move them to the hatching trays. Do you need to cut them out for air circulation? For reference I have a Dickey Incubator with 2 turning trays & 2 hatching trays.

Dan

 

[MeanV2]

I have a question for you, Dan. I am planning to keep a roo from the forty some odd chicks I am brooding at the moment. I plan to name this one Dan, like the previous one I had. Since you chided me for saying "he just looked like a Dan," what qualities should I look for in the rooster I select?

Well any Rooster named Dan would have to be polite to his girls and Love and Protect them!

Dan

 

[ronott1]

I did put the rubber shelf liner in the trays. Something I read on here I am sure. Sounds like I need to try setting them in egg cartons once I move them to the hatching trays. Do you need to cut them out for air circulation? For reference I have a Dickey Incubator with 2 turning trays & 2 hatching trays.

Dan

I cut off the tops of the carton but do not cut off the bottoms. After the hatch, I pick up the shell pieces and toss the carton--Saves a lot of clean up.

Do you want to see a picture from this weeks hatch?

 

[Bama1]

I cut off the tops of the carton but do not cut off the bottoms. After the hatch, I pick up the shell pieces and toss the carton--Saves a lot of clean up.

Do you want to see a picture from this weeks hatch?

Yes, pics !!!

 

[Wisher1000]

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Not a big, strapping, corn-fed, country boy? Nice looking but not too smart....oh, wait, that was the part you took issue with, right?

I'm just teasing you, Dan.....don't be mad.

 

[MeanV2]

I cut off the tops of the carton but do not cut off the bottoms. After the hatch, I pick up the shell pieces and toss the carton--Saves a lot of clean up.

Do you want to see a picture from this weeks hatch?

Pics? Yes!!!

Dan

 

[ronott1]

Originally Posted by ronott1

I cut off the tops of the carton but do not cut off the bottoms. After the hatch, I pick up the shell pieces and toss the carton--Saves a lot of clean up.

Do you want to see a picture from this weeks hatch?

Yes, pics !!!

I hatched 15 EO Marraduna Basque Hen chicks, 10 Horstman Straight Comb Rhode Island Reds and 1 Horstman Partridge Rock:

The clean up--There were two of these:




The Basque Hens:





The SC RIRs:






The Partridge Rock:

 

[Bama1]

Awesome! Cleanup so much easier !

 

[ronott1]

Awesome! Cleanup so much easier !

Yes!

The incubator is all cleaned and sterilized; waiting for the next hatch!

It cuts down on smell too, since the bits of stuff stays out of the water channels.