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[ChasSquirrel]

I have a question for you guys... When you 'turn' your eggs, how do you actually 'turn' them? Do you roll them over or flip them? Just curious what is the recommended method of turning.

 

[Farmerboy16]

I have been rolling them. I just roll the eggs one way, and the next time the other way. But this is my first time, so I may be doing it wrong.

 

[Farmerboy16]

Two more days until the first weighing date!! e

 

[Irine]

That's how I do it

I have been rolling them. I just roll the eggs one way, and the next time the other way. But this is my first time, so I may be doing it wrong.

 

[marathonmultiplesmom]

Yesterday my Earl egg may have wiggled... but I can't tell. I weighed him and put him on the counter, he rolled, then stopped and seemed to almost start to roll again but I don't know if it was the shape of the egg or the baby inside... it was day 30.

 

[msheets]

Two more days until the first weighing date!! e

I remember being excited my first weigh in to

Ok I'm panicking a little so please give me your advice. I think egg B (my extremely football shaped one) has sounded as is sounds completely different then the rest but I have a problem. I'm pretty sure it's a the wrong end of the egg!! While holding it up to my ear I heard it peeping in response to my whistle but at the wrong end! At the aircell end all I hear is scratching but at the wrong end I can pinpoint where the chicks beak is...what do I do? I'm all for helping if needed & I'm afraid it's going to suffocate. They're on day 46 today

 

[yinepu]

I remember being excited my first weigh in to

Ok I'm panicking a little so please give me your advice. I think egg B (my extremely football shaped one) has sounded as is sounds completely different then the rest but I have a problem. I'm pretty sure it's a the wrong end of the egg!! While holding it up to my ear I heard it peeping in response to my whistle but at the wrong end! At the aircell end all I hear is scratching but at the wrong end I can pinpoint where the chicks beak is...what do I do? I'm all for helping if needed & I'm afraid it's going to suffocate. They're on day 46 today

I would give it a couple more days.. however it's your egg.. so do what you feel you need to do

sounding basically is when the membrane has begun to pull away from the shell.. so I would allow a few more days and see if the chick manages to turn on it's own.. I heard peeping in eggs too where the chick hadn't pipped the membrane.. so it can happen

 

[msheets]

How long can they peep in the shell safely without being worried? I guess I'm afraid it's going to use up the air in its egg but it gets oxygen through the shell right? So my pump should give it plenty of air I think...I already have read all the info but once it actually happens all my knowledge goes out the window lol.

 

[msheets]

Yesterday my Earl egg may have wiggled... but I can't tell. I weighed him and put him on the counter, he rolled, then stopped and seemed to almost start to roll again but I don't know if it was the shape of the egg or the baby inside... it was day 30.

That's really exciting, if it's on day 30 then there's a pretty good chance it did wiggle. One of mine wiggled on day 31 & it was really subtle. I had an egg on day 26 that did that, it would roll one way, stop, then roll the other way. I think it really was doing it because it was also the first egg to wiggle...

 

[yinepu]

How long can they peep in the shell safely without being worried? I guess I'm afraid it's going to use up the air in its egg but it gets oxygen through the shell right? So my pump should give it plenty of air I think...I already have read all the info but once it actually happens all my knowledge goes out the window lol.

personally.. I would wait until day 48 or 49 and then drill a small hole into the air cell end if you think he may run into problems.. that would give him a couple of days to turn around between now and then.. since it's a football shaped egg and he may try to pip on the wrong end you can keep listening to his peeps and see if he tries to orient himself the right way.. hopefully he does.. but I had one that never pipped the shell with his beak and never turned around.. instead he kicked his way out of the shell with his big ol feet..