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post #21 of 25
3/10/12 at 2:05pm

yes you can, last year i tried it with duck eggs and did not turn them at all and all of them hatched!

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post #22 of 25
3/10/12 at 10:42pm
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now im confused

i love animals.
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post #23 of 25
3/11/12 at 5:58am
Many of us violate some of the guidelines and still have good hatches. Which ones we violate and by how much plays into the odds of what kind of success we have. The guidlelines do not guarantee success if you follow them exactly nor do they guarantee failure if you don't follow them esactly. The guidelines are mainly about improving your odds for success.

I try to follow the guidelines I am aware of the best I reasonable can without overstressing about them. I don't always get it perfect. I'm sure I'm not following all the guidelines because there are probably some I'm not even aware of. Some are not in my control, like the nutrition and health of the parents when I get hatching eggs from someone else.

Many of the bad things that can happen don't happen each and every time. And even a blind hog can pick up an acorn every now and then.
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Freedom is not the right to do what we want, but what we ought....Abraham Lincoln (Freedom carries responsibility)

The spirit of liberty is the spirit which is not too sure that it is right.....Judge Learned Hand  (The more sure your are that your way is the only right way, the more likely you are wrong.)
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post #24 of 25
3/12/12 at 6:04am
Your original question was "Is it possible to hatch eggs without turning?" Many things are possible, but that does not mean that is what you should do.

If you are trying to hatch under a broody, no, you do not have to turn them. The broody will take care of that.

If you are hatching in an incubator, you should turn them. It's possible you will be OK not turning them, but you should turn them. You have a better chance of a good hatch.
Freedom is not the right to do what we want, but what we ought....Abraham Lincoln (Freedom carries responsibility)

The spirit of liberty is the spirit which is not too sure that it is right.....Judge Learned Hand  (The more sure your are that your way is the only right way, the more likely you are wrong.)
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Freedom is not the right to do what we want, but what we ought....Abraham Lincoln (Freedom carries responsibility)

The spirit of liberty is the spirit which is not too sure that it is right.....Judge Learned Hand  (The more sure your are that your way is the only right way, the more likely you are wrong.)
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post #25 of 25
3/22/12 at 9:49pm
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Originally Posted by duck15 View Post

I incubate egg at their sides and turning them 180 degrees every turn im just wonder if its possible to be vertical

and what does lockdown mean sori im only 14 years old



Really? You are 14. I am 13!

I've got 2 cats, Dyllen and Star. I have 17 chickens; 3 BLRW, 3 mutts, 2 EEs, 2 White Rock roosters, 1 RIR, 1 White Leghorn, 1 Red Star, 1 Golden Campine, 1 unknown hen, 1 Partridge cochin, and 1  Golden Polish. I also have 1 Swedish/Black Indian Runner laying on 8 eggs.

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I've got 2 cats, Dyllen and Star. I have 17 chickens; 3 BLRW, 3 mutts, 2 EEs, 2 White Rock roosters, 1 RIR, 1 White Leghorn, 1 Red Star, 1 Golden Campine, 1 unknown hen, 1 Partridge cochin, and 1  Golden Polish. I also have 1 Swedish/Black Indian Runner laying on 8 eggs.

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