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[aaggjg]

based on some studies somewhere in the "diary and notes shipped eggs" thread by Sally Sunshine, it states that incubating without turning during the beginning of incubation is detrimental to the hatch and is likely to cause malpositions.

I have great success when I let them set on the counter for a day then place them in he incubator and turn the Turner on. It's better with the eggs laying on their sides in my experience, but I've also had good results with the Turner that holds them pointy end down.

Any time I tried to wait before starting to turn...I had HORRIBLE hatches. Just my 0.02
Sorry!

That's funny because everyone I've had do this hasn't had a problem. I wait until the eggs are at room temp and set them. This week is cooler, but it's been 100+ lately, which make sit hard to let them just sit. I used to just let them set and stick them into the running turner. I had horrible hatches. Ask anyone one here. LOL Now I get chicks, so I'm sticking to letting them go for a few days.

There have also been studies where there was no turning ever. Many people decided to stick with no turning, because the got better hatches. I've done a few of those and very low hatch rates. I do know my eggs though, and even fresh out from under these birds, I rarely start turning until day 4. If I have detached aircells, I'll move those to the bottom of the Sportsman for a few extra days if the cells haven't attached and start the turner for the others.

Since those eggs were from me, I want her to get the best hatch she can.

I've had great hatches not turning on the turner for a few days ..... My first eggs from a breeder in NY I'm in CA I put in the incubator with turner on right away .... NONE HATCHED ... I contacted the breeder and she nicely sent me more eggs and suggested that this time I didnt turn on the turner for 5-7 days .... I followed her instructions and I got 9 out of 12 to hatch. I'm a believer

 

[wolftracks]

I think the PO has it out for my eggs. I just got a box. Call duck eggs and the bottom is dented in. I'm not even going to open them for a couple if hours.

Incubation can be textbook run and you get nothing. I used to get 100% or close and then the worse possible hatches. I mean, everything goes great, it's hatch time and I got zero. I've lost hundreds of eggs at a time. Now, I know that sometimes you have to tweek things sometimes. Detrimental.to hatches by not turning a few days. I'm back up to almost 100% hatches these days and lots of times I have some I don't turn for days. Most hatch. I've helped a lot of people get good hatches without turning lately. And when I ship eggs, I want them all to hatch. Doesn't always hatch but I try to t sass Jr the time to help, so they have the best chance.


Now. Someone bid on these eggs. LOL

 

[Arielle]

I think the PO has it out for my eggs. I just got a box. Call duck eggs and the bottom is dented in. I'm not even going to open them for a couple if hours.

Incubation can be textbook run and you get nothing. I used to get 100% or close and then the worse possible hatches. I mean, everything goes great, it's hatch time and I got zero. I've lost hundreds of eggs at a time. Now, I know that sometimes you have to tweek things sometimes. Detrimental.to hatches by not turning a few days. I'm back up to almost 100% hatches these days and lots of times I have some I don't turn for days. Most hatch. I've helped a lot of people get good hatches without turning lately. And when I ship eggs, I want them all to hatch. Doesn't always hatch but I try to t sass Jr the time to help, so they have the best chance.


Now. Someone bid on these eggs. LOL

Glad you got your groove back!!

 

[wolftracks]

OMG me too. So much more fun to scoop chicks out than,toss eggs. This year, completely dry hatches and lower humidity are working for me. Not to say that won't change, but for now, I have to full broodies, so my problem now is building more and larger pens. lol

 

[aaggjg]

I think the PO has it out for my eggs. I just got a box. Call duck eggs and the bottom is dented in. I'm not even going to open them for a couple if hours.

Incubation can be textbook run and you get nothing. I used to get 100% or close and then the worse possible hatches. I mean, everything goes great, it's hatch time and I got zero. I've lost hundreds of eggs at a time. Now, I know that sometimes you have to tweek things sometimes. Detrimental.to hatches by not turning a few days. I'm back up to almost 100% hatches these days and lots of times I have some I don't turn for days. Most hatch. I've helped a lot of people get good hatches without turning lately. And when I ship eggs, I want them all to hatch. Doesn't always hatch but I try to t sass Jr the time to help, so they have the best chance.


Now. Someone bid on these eggs. LOL

I wish I had coop space as I have 7 broody hens!!! But I CAN NOT have 1 more chicken right now

 

[wolftracks]

These don't count. Tiny little bantams. LOL

 

[aaggjg]

These don't count. Tiny little bantams. LOL

That how I ended up with 7 Silkies!!!

 

[emvickrey]

I've got another auction. I have alot of broodies so I'm not getting alot of eggs. So this auction is for 3 SQ Splash silkie and 3 mixed color sizzles.

Bidding starts at $10 and S&H is $13

I got these eggs in the past 2 days. I'll add up to 3 extras if I get them by tomorrow. The auction is over tomorrow (thurs) at 8 am central time.

The hens laying in the sizzle pen are frizzled silkie partridge and white sizzle. Both these hens have been shown and I incubated just the partridge eggs and they all hatched. Well mostly by broodies. I have a white silkie roo in the sizzle pen. A white hen and a partridge hen have been shown. I didn't get a pic with the partridge hen and her ribbon but she got 1st in BV.

The splash that are laying are in a pen that has only splash silkies in it. The roo I got from Bobbi Porto and the hens are my line. The roo and 1 hen which was a pullet at the time have been shown. I plan to show more this year.




This is a bad pic of the splash roo. It was windy and we just got home from a 2 1/2 hour drive from the show. He wasn't wanting his pic taken.

The lightest hen is no longer in that pen.








Below are 4 partridge chicks hatched my a paint broody. The pic isn't very good. The roo and hen where attacking me defending the chicks. They are a day old in the pic


These where hatched last sept. Only 2 partridge in this pic. The one facing the left side is the darker pullet that is laying now. The other one is a cockerel pictured below,

The white sizzle has produced both frizzled silkie and sizzle. Pictured below




I have another one just like this in a brooder now.

I just realized that I put that this auction ends tomorrow (thurs), When actually it was today. Sorry if there was any confusion but this auction is ended. Sorry I didn't get to correcting it till now. It's been one of those days.

 

[Arielle]

OMG me too. So much more fun to scoop chicks out than,toss eggs. This year, completely dry hatches and lower humidity are working for me. Not to say that won't change, but for now, I have to full broodies, so my problem now is building more and larger pens. lol

Very glad you found what works.

Get that hammer pounding!!

 

[wolftracks]

Auction is over and not bids in the Jap Bantam eggs.

I'll have something else up later. Gotta CL these eggs.