Egg turner stoped working! Please help!

[Chicken Girl]

Ok so today at 1 pm it will be a full week the eggs have been in there! I dont even know if it worked to begin with! So i unpluged it and let it restart turning (if it even is). So i might have to turn by hand how do i do that?! please help!!!!

Chicken Girl

 

[abanjaf]

Ok, first relax! Depending on what type of egg-turner you are using, the turner may turn so slowly as to not be "visible". For my first hatch I, too, thought mine wasn't working. But before I removed it from the bator, I left it in all day and went back at several intervals to check the position of the eggs. And sure enough, it indeed was working. I just couldn't tell from glancing in there!

So if you decide that the thing is really broken and need to turn by hand, just remove the turner from the bator. You will lay your eggs on their sides (using a pencil, mark one side with an "X" and one side with an "O"). It seems to be the general concensus that an odd number of turns per day works best so that the egg does not lay on the same side every night. A minimum of 3 turns per day, but 5 to 7 turns is much better.

Incidentally, can you tell me what egg-turner you are using?

 

[paddock36]

The easiest way is to mark your eggs with an X on one side and an O on the other. Then all you do is turn them from X to O then back to X the next time they need to be turned (or in otherwords right from X to O then back left from O to X. Hopefully thats not too confusing. You need t turn them at least three times a day. Or you could also try the egg carton method, placing your eggs in an egg carton (pointy part down) Then just tilt your entire carton from one side to the other.

 

[EweSheep]

Or you can just leave them in your bator with your broken turner....just tilt the incubator side to side with a piece of board and to keep humidity, use sponge so it will not weep out thru those bottom holes of the bator. Worked for me since my egg turner broke as well.

 

[EweSheep]

I remember my local zoo had an incubator and they just had them uprighted, never turned them and they had about 98% hatch rate! Unbelieveable!

 

[chicmom]

My eggturner works so slowly that you really can't see it moving.......are you sure it's not working?

 

[Chicken Girl]

i have an LG with fan and turner. Oh and i am just keeping the water things full. is that ok? This is my first time ever! lol Sorry i have been cheking them every hour to 2 hours. Its been a week i hope they are ok! I candle to night! Thanks guys!!!! Oh and i have the temp pritty right on.


Chicken Girl

 

[rebelcowboysnb]

If the turner is not working then just pull the connecting rod off the motor an you can then turn the whole thing by hand. Not automatic but still quicker than turning every egg by hand.

 

[Chicken Girl]

Ok it has not moved at all. I am worred that i have hurt the babies cuz they have not turned all week!! ok so i put an X on one side and and O on the other and turn them 5 times a day. If i start on an X at the end of the day they all should be on O? Thanks,


Chicken Girl

 

[zazouse]

Mine stoped working once but the motor was still running i turned the black arm that holds the turner rail clockwise till it clicked, it is kinda hard to turn it , but mine started working again.



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