How forgiven are eggs.

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indigo flats

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Waiting on my eggs to hatch and have to much time thinking. If some one placed eggs in a auto turner up side down big in down and on day 18 placed them right at lockdown would they hatch? I have read do many post on hatching and haven't seen that question. Was wondering how forgiven are eggs during the incubation process. Any thoughts on this.
 
indigo flats said:
Waiting on my eggs to hatch and have to much time thinking. If some one placed eggs in a auto turner up side down big in down and on day 18 placed them right at lockdown would they hatch? I have read do many post on hatching and haven't seen that question. Was wondering how forgiven are eggs during the incubation process. Any thoughts on this.
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It's not ideal, and you might not have the best hatch, but I think some will hatch. I have hatched eggs that I accidentally incubated upside down for part of the time. There have been other folks that have had successful hatches after many wrong moves... Here's one post.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/1150930/february-2017-hatch-a-long/160#post_18059311

My hatch last weekend, I had 31 shipped eggs with horrible air cells. 5 chicks hatched days 19 and 20, then the incubator failed. Eggs dropped to 73 degrees. I had another incubator running, so I set that 'bator up as a hatcher, and moved the eggs. 14 more hatched. It was the worst hatch I've had lately, but it turned out MUCH better than I thought it would have. So, eggs can be surprisingly hardy!

There is a TON of information on the first couple pages of this thread:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...g-w-sally-sunshine-hosts-bantychooks-and-more

Good luck!!!!!
 

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