Do I stop turning the eggs before they hatch

[sheridangirl]

What day during the hatch do I do that?
If not, do I keep the turner on until the chicks hatch all of the way?

 

[KellyHM]

Stop turning them on day 18 (assuming they're chicken eggs). Take them out of the turner and lay them on their sides in the bottom of the incubator.

 

[katrinag]

Remove the turner on day 18. You will need to increase the humiditiy too.

 

[sheridangirl]

I picked up a bunch of eggs from my hen house when I got home from vacation and since I didn't know if they had any chickies started in them or not so I put them all in my incubator. (50). My incubator said to incubate my egg with the pointed side down and I did that with the new eggs that were not in the nests. but I incubated the eggs I picked up out of the nests on their sides in the same position as I picked them up.
40 of my eggs hatched successfully. 39 and 40 needed a little help.
I didn't have as much success with the ones I put in pointed side down because the chicks poked a hole in them and then died. Only a few of them actually hatched successfully. I had better success with the oned that I incubated on their sides. Did I do something wrong?

 

[KellyHM]

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Did you take them out and lay them on their sides on day 18?

 

[sheridangirl]

No, I left them as they were.