Different egg ages

[Kute_Keets]

Hi everyone.
Im very inexperienced , have only done one lot of incubating until now, but have been learning fast and have a question. I was given 20 guinea eggs a couple of weeks ago. The lady that gave them to me said they have been in an incubator somewhere between a week and 10 days but really wasn't sure, she had just kept adding as she found them...mmm?
Anyway consequently i have been candling and estimate from pics on here, that some are probably 20 -24 days now.... but i may be wrong. Others seem less developed and some infertile but I will wait a bit longer before giving up.
I have them in a self turning incubator as shown in the pic since i got them (about 14 days ago- the counter started at 30 for some reason) but today decided to put the more developed eggs on the tray and turn them manually in case some are near hatching.
What should i do? Some may not need turning since theres not much room left in the eggs, some still may need it and i may be wrong to leave them on the tray. The younger ones are still in the turner. Without knowing dates i'm worried I may have harmed them by turning if they should be in lockdown.... or by taking out and lying them down too early.
In the picture t

he ones that are advanced have the black lines marking the air sack line.
Not a great beginning with various aged eggs but would appreciate advise on how to give them all the best possible start to finally pipping and surviving.
Thanks in advance guys!!

 

[R2elk]

Hi everyone.
Im very inexperienced , have only done one lot of incubating until now, but have been learning fast and have a question. I was given 20 guinea eggs a couple of weeks ago. The lady that gave them to me said they have been in an incubator somewhere between a week and 10 days but really wasn't sure, she had just kept adding as she found them...mmm?
Anyway consequently i have been candling and estimate from pics on here, that some are probably 20 -24 days now.... but i may be wrong. Others seem less developed and some infertile but I will wait a bit longer before giving up.
I have them in a self turning incubator as shown in the pic since i got them (about 14 days ago- the counter started at 30 for some reason) but today decided to put the more developed eggs on the tray and turn them manually in case some are near hatching.
What should i do? Some may not need turning since theres not much room left in the eggs, some still may need it and i may be wrong to leave them on the tray. The younger ones are still in the turner. Without knowing dates i'm worried I may have harmed them by turning if they should be in lockdown.... or by taking out and lying them down too early.
In the picture tView attachment 1753774 he ones that are advanced have the black lines marking the air sack line.
Not a great beginning with various aged eggs but would appreciate advise on how to give them all the best possible start to finally pipping and surviving.
Thanks in advance guys!!

Eggs can hatch even when they are in a turner. It is not preferable due to the possibility of a hatchling getting hurt by the turner but it won't stop them from hatching.

They can also hatch at the same humidity used during incubation although the humidity raise for lockdown is preferable.

Stopping turning the eggs a week before they are due will not harm them as the fetus is moving well enough that last week on its own.

If you have access to a second incubator, you could set it up as a hatcher and move the eggs nearing hatching into it.

Good luck.

 

[Kute_Keets]

Thanks so much for that info! I am trying to get a second incubator which definitely would help. So if i had left them in the turner it may have been ok? Still its a relief to know they may be ok lying down.
Im so unsure about their age and I have looked at many pics of egg development but being so new, I'm still not confident. I've been basing it on air sac size and day 15 and day 20 looks so similar to me.... mind you i can only find pics of chicken eggs not guinea. Hopefully at the worst I'm a week out and they may pip sometime between now and then!!
Geez..I thought having a baby was hard lol, eggs are too!!

 

[Jbently28]

I would remove the Turner and turn the eggs manually at this point. Opening the incubator for a short amount of time to turn them will do less harm than them trying to hatch in a Turner. But I would definitely try to get another incubator. You could even build a cheap incubator. There are several tutorials online and I have heard of many having success with them.