Turning eggs?

[Ryan81986]

Hi everyone,

I am going to try and start building my own incubator like the one here: https://www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=7562-The_GopherBator

I just had one question, how often do you turn the eggs and how/how much do you turn them? I'm assuming since it looks like the egg basket doesnt turn more than a few degrees in either direction that you only move them a little bit so I figured I'd ask.

 

[rebelcowboysnb]

Ya turn at least 3 times a day. Odd numbered times so that they spend the night on a different side each night. Each time you turn you move them as far from one side to the other as you can. Most turners go to about 45 degrees.

 

[Ryan81986]

Ok thanks, do you turn it, then turn it back, or turn it and leave it in that spot?

 

[abooth]

turn it and leave it til next time. it is to keep it from sticking to the shell. so like 8 hours on one side then 8 on the other and so on

 

[Chook-A-Holic]

I hatched mine in a converted wine chiller. I put the eggs in 2 cartons. I marked an X one end and and O on the other. I propped a carton on the left wall and a carton of the right wall, both at a 45 degree angle. When I turned the eggs, I would pull out the carton, spin it around and place it back where it was. By spinning it around the eggs were laying the opposite way. On day 19 I put the eggs on a hatching tray I made out of one of the shelves that came with the chiller.

Marty