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!
