Chick repositioning to hatch?

[JDGreene]

If the lowest point of the air sac is marked (possible pip area) and you have that facing up and a hatched chick rolls the egg over to where the pip area is now facing down, does the chick and air sack rotate in the egg somehow to get back in that previous position or is it stuck in this new position?

 

[MysteryChicken]

If the lowest point of the air sac is marked (possible pip area) and you have that facing up and a hatched chick rolls the egg over to where the pip area is now facing down, does the chick and air sack rotate in the egg somehow to get back in that previous position or is it stuck in this new position?

When I see them roll over, a pip usually follows later.
It also means they're working their way into the aircell. I see this alot with mine.

What day are your eggs on?

 

[JDGreene]

Oh I just started, first incubation. I'm on day 2. I can't make my mind up to use the egg carton method or just lay them on their side during lockdown.

I actually meant in that scenario, in lockdown eggs laying on their side and a hatched chick was to kick a non-hatched egg over 180 degrees. What does the non-hatched chick do to reposition itself?

Are you saying the non-hatched chick will roll the whole egg over in proper position to hatch?

 

[JDGreene]

I guess it may be a dumb question but:

Do they reposition themselves inside the egg to always pip on the top or it doesn't matter which way the egg is laying and they will pip on the sides and bottom too?

 

[Chicken12367]

I guess it may be a dumb question but:

Do they reposition themselves inside the egg to always pip on the top or it doesn't matter which way the egg is laying and they will pip on the sides and bottom too?

I've had them pip all over the place, in the right position, pipped at the bottom or on the sides and even on the wrong end of the egg completely missing the air cell. They've all hatched fine!

 

[ackie]

I've always had them in little egg cups so no chick could knock them, so I've never even considered this. Chicks just kinda lay around when their born and maybe flop a little bit. I don't think they are strong enough to flip an egg even if they wanted to.

 

[JDGreene]

Thanks. I didn't really get my question put into the right words.

What brought this about was I saw somewhere to mark the lowest part of the aircell with an X and then lay the eggs with the X up. Then I got to thinking about them getting rolled around so the X would probably not be in the correct position anyways.

So is there any reason to lay the eggs with the X up on "lockdown"?
No point in putting an X on the egg since I'll draw my aircells on 7, 14, 18 and can tell anyways?

 

[Chicken12367]

Thanks. I didn't really get my question put into the right words.

What brought this about was I saw somewhere to mark the lowest part of the aircell with an X and then lay the eggs with the X up. Then I got to thinking about them getting rolled around so the X would probably not be in the correct position anyways.

So is there any reason to lay the eggs with the X up on "lockdown"?
No point in putting an X on the egg since I'll draw my aircells on 7, 14, 18 and can tell anyways?

This is from my hatching experience, I don't mark the air cells at any point during incubation neither do I put an X on the lowest part of the air cell when it comes to putting the eggs into lockdown. I do however candle on day 18 and check where the lowest part of the air cell (where you would put the X), after checking I put the eggs back into the incubator with the lowest part of the air cell facing up. I find that most of the chicks I have hatched do pip in this place/area. The reasons that I lay the eggs with the lowest part of the air cell up on lockdown is because it means that I am able to see the eggs that have pipped and can keep an eye on them also it prevents the chick from suffocating if your incubator floor is flat and the pip hole is blocked. I never used to do this but find that when I can see the pipped eggs I worry less during hatches LOL. The pipped eggs are bound to get rolled around by the hatched chicks, I used to worry about this at first but I've hatched quite a few times now and have realised that it doesn't really affect the chicks because they are able to turn when inside the egg. I've also read that all the rolling around can motivate the chicks which haven't hatched. I only open my incubator to remove the chicks once half of them have hatched and dried off. On my last hatch I had 18/20 hatch and they were being rolled around all over the place, once the first chick hatched none of the other eggs stayed in the position I put them in and they hatched just fine. Hope this helps!!

 

[Kiraeh]

The only reason to set them like that is so you can see the pips from the top. It doesn't make a difference to the chick. They won't reposition again until they zip, when they do turn all the way around.

 

[JDGreene]

Ah ok. Being able to keep a better eye on the first pip makes sense.