Hatching Tips for Shipped Eggs Carefully unpackage your eggs, candling each one checking for cracks and detached air sacs. Place the eggs in a carton (pointy end down) allowing them to come to room temperature. Prep your incubator, ensuring the temperature is consistently running 99.5-100 degrees and the humidity is staying somewhere between 30%-35% and not fluctuating. I recommend placing a second thermometer/hygrometer in the incubator, you usually can't rely on the one built into the incubator itself. Personally, I like a dryer hatch, so I keep the humidity around...
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I have several Maticoopx incubators. These are great especially for shipped eggs since they keep the eggs upright.
It’s always a good idea to keep a second thermometer/hygrometer in the incubator. I’ve found the Vivosun works best with the Maticoopx because it has a probe attachment that takes up nearly any space.
My favorite egg candler is the Magicfly. I have tried several other candlers and none of them seemed bright enough.
These drawer dividers are a great DIY solution to keeping your eggs and chicks separated when they hatch.
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