Dropped eggs- no cracks but worried

[murphrandir]

Looking for some reassurance, although I’m not sure I can really expect to find it…

I have some shipped eggs that have been in my Brinsea 28EX Ovation for a couple days, and I went tonight to turn on the turner. Usually at lockdown on previous hatches I take the turning arm out. When I went to remove the eggs so that I could put it back in, two of the trays rolled/tipped over and dumped their eggs onto the bottom of the incubator. I looked at each one to make sure none had cracked, and they hadn’t. I even candled a good number of them and I didn’t see any hairline cracks. But I’m worried the jolt might have done something bad to them.

The turning arm is in and everything is secure now, but I’m just hoping I haven’t messed this up completely.

 

[Chicken_Obsesser]

I'd leave the eggs in because you might as well see if they hatch(most likely they will). I've accidentally done similar things to my eggs and they turned out fine.

 

[murphrandir]

I'd leave the eggs in because you might as well see if they hatch(most likely they will). I've accidentally done similar things to my eggs and they turned out fine.

Thanks! That makes me optimistic. I figured if it wasn’t hard enough to crack them, hopefully they are OK.

 

[LightBrightHair]

How did your hatch go in regards to the dropped eggs? One thing to keep in mind is hens are often not very gentle with their eggs, so as long as there are no cracks and they aren't actually like, shaken up, they should be fine

 

[murphrandir]

How did your hatch go in regards to the dropped eggs? One thing to keep in mind is hens are often not very gentle with their eggs, so as long as there are no cracks and they aren't actually like, shaken up, they should be fine

Honestly, things did not go well, but I believe it was unrelated to dropping them. Almost none of them were fertile, and the ones that did develop quit at various stages. There were three that made it to hatch, and none of them ever pipped.