Probably a silly question from a newbie -sorry

[Emilychick]

My chicken eggs in the incubator are pointy end facing down which is what I was told to do by the lady I got the eggs from and what own research also suggested.

When candling I understand that you should candle on the fat end, so my q is is it OK to turn the eggs over when taking them out of the incubator to candle them.
It is a candler that you sit the eggs into/on top of rather than a handheld one that I could just keep egg in same position and candle from the top.

Hope that makes sense, i just don't want to be turning the eggs on their head if it may damage the embryo!

Thank you

 

[sourland]

Handled gently that will pose no problem.

 

[BastyPutt]

My chicken eggs in the incubator are pointy end facing down which is what I was told to do by the lady I got the eggs from and what own research also suggested.

When candling I understand that you should candle on the fat end, so my q is is it OK to turn the eggs over when taking them out of the incubator to candle them.
It is a candler that you sit the eggs into/on top of rather than a handheld one that I could just keep egg in same position and candle from the top.

Hope that makes sense, i just don't want to be turning the eggs on their head if it may damage the embryo!

Yep - non problem at all.

Although rough handling is not encouraged and aside from being prematurely cracked open, the hatching eggs are pretty resilient.

 

[Emilychick]

Thank you both so much for your answers & reassurance!

I will definitely turn them over gently