I have succesfully "peeled" from a tub after a couple of days - as someone put it "coaxing them gently". Typicaslly they will not adhere much more after the first 36 hours so unless they were very sticky when laid you shouldn't have much difficulty. Remember to keep the tops of the eggs up and avoid rotating them when doing the transfer. A little water may help to soften the shells but if you go with that then I suggest wiping off excess water before putting them in the incubator. If you have a disaster and tear an egg you can patch it with clingwrap to prevent loss of albumen - if you have to do this just extend the wrap over a small area of the shell and leave at least half of the egg shell uncovered. I think you'll have less trouble than you expect. The eggs you hatched in the tub will have leaked a lot of albumen when they hatched which caused the heavy sticking last year. Good Luck. Richard.

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