what is carton hatching

[pefferlawchicken]

what is carton hatching , is it whe the eggsare in a carton in the incubator and if so how do you turn them in the carton??? is this a good way to hatch chicks??

 

[crzychicken]

I was wondering this myself. I have never done any kind of hatching but I want to try and the carton sounds like you get a good hatch rate can't wait for respose and pictures if anyone was any.

 

[halo]

Theres a great search function on this site.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/search.php?search_id=2127985637

 

[SundownWaterfowl]

I hatch all of my duck and chicken eggs in an egg carton. 3 days before they are due to hatch, I put the eggs into an egg carton with holes cut in the bottom, the move the carton to the incubator. I find that I get a better hatch rate, even with the call ducks, and the chicks/ducks have an easier time getting out. When you just lay the eggs on the incubator floor, once a chick/duck hatches, they will roll and bang around all of the other eggs. This causes the chicks/ducklings to have to readjust themselves in the egg, causing them to get exhausted quicker, sometimes even giving up on hatching

 

[jbowyer01]

I just did a batch (my first batch ever) and I used the carton. I had four little eggs, and they all hatched! I marked one side of each egg with an x or an o and turned each one three to four times a day. I also tilted the bator a little every so often. It worked for me but it could have been that it was just a few eggs ( I mean I didnt have turn twenty something eggs everyday like some people do)

 

[EweSheep]

Twenty or forty (a flat carton) would work LOL! Worked for me pretty good!