Eggs Just Got Here And I’m Freaking Out!

[ButtonHoarder]

Since they had some time to settle, it won't hurt to go 3 days with the Turner off, just to get the aircells more stable.

I did gentle rocking for about a week for my Malay eggs, until their aircells were attached, or at least mostly attached, because my turner rolls the eggs instead of tilts.

You maybe able to get away with the turner on though, I've done it multiple times with a good hatch rate for shipped eggs. Except to see some funky aircell shapes though.

Ok, so maybe leave it off for now, then post candling pics at end of tomorrow?

 

[MysteryChicken]

Ok, so maybe leave it off for now, then post candling pics at end of tomorrow?

You can. It won't hurt.

 

[Sierra G]

So, I put them big end up, but isn’t that what I do with all of them?
I don’t think there would be room, could they just go in the turners?
Thank you so much!

Sorry for the confusion, but I still wasn't clear on what your incubator looked like. Yes the turners are fine and you can turn the m on after the first full day of incubation.

Sorry for the delay, but I knew Mystery Chicken was following the thread. I assume you are now squared away?

 

[ButtonHoarder]

Sorry for the confusion, but I still wasn't clear on what your incubator looked like. Yes the turners are fine and you can turn the m on after the first full day of incubation.

That’s fine, sorry I should’ve put pics of it sooner. Ok great!
Sorry for the delay, but I knew Mystery Chicken was following the thread. I assume you are now squared away?
They're all in there, but the humidity’s up to 38% now, is that bad?

Thanks for the help!

 

[Sierra G]

38 is fine for now. You shouldn't have to do anything until you plug the turner in tomorrow. Keep an eye on the temp, but I wouldn't expect you to have any problems there. You might want to step back and look over your setup with a critical eye. It's going to be where it's at for 3 weeks so just make some plans for situations like needing to move it, powerloss and so on. Mainly so that if any of those situations happen you know what you're going to do.

When you plug the turner in or switch it on or whatever tomorrow evening add a few tablespoons of water to the reservoir. Then check the humidity a few hours later and see where it is in the target range. Humidity should be the only thing you need to worry about until it's time to candle to see which eggs are developing unless an egg goes bad.

If an egg goes bad there's a definite funky cheese/rotten egg odor. If you smell that just take each egg out, hold it close to your nose and give it a sniff. Take extra care with the eggs you know have cracks because rotting eggs can explode. It's not dangerous, but its messy which is why you need to find them and keep them from dirtying up your incubator. Although this is just another thing to plan for, not something that's inevitable.

 

[ButtonHoarder]

38 is fine for now. You shouldn't have to do anything until you plug the turner in tomorrow. Keep an eye on the temp, but I wouldn't expect you to have any problems there. You might want to step back and look over your setup with a critical eye. It's going to be where it's at for 3 weeks so just make some plans for situations like needing to move it, powerloss and so on. Mainly so that if any of those situations happen you know what you're going to do.

When you plug the turner in or switch it on or whatever tomorrow evening add a few tablespoons of water to the reservoir. Then check the humidity a few hours later and see where it is in the target range. Humidity should be the only thing you need to worry about until it's time to candle to see which eggs are developing unless an egg goes bad.

If an egg goes bad there's a definite funky cheese/rotten egg odor. If you smell that just take each egg out, hold it close to your nose and give it a sniff. Take extra care with the eggs you know have cracks because rotting eggs can explode. It's not dangerous, but its messy which is why you need to find them and keep them from d>trying up your incubator. Although this is just another thing to plan for, not something that's inevitable.

Thanks! I will do all that. I’m so egg-cited!

 

[ButtonHoarder]

Do yall think I should plug in the turners soon, or wait a while?

 

[ButtonHoarder]

Do yall think I should plug in the turners soon, or wait a while?

Or maybe I could candle some and post pictures?

 

[Sierra G]

Or maybe I could candle some and post pictures?

I think you should wait the full 24 hours from when you started the eggs to start the turner. Those wobbly air cells are still settling. Handling the eggs won't help the air cells stay in place. Now that they're incubating I wouldn't touch them for at least a week and would probably not candle until the twelfth day.

You're monitoring right now. The incubator is doing most of the work. Candling just adds risk for very little reward. After all, what can you see at this point and what would you do about anything you saw except put the egg back and wait? The embryo is just getting started. There's nothing to see yet and if you disturb it too much, especially while the veins are growing there might never be anything to see.

If you planted garden yesterday would you dig up all the seeds today to see if they've sprouted yet?

How well is practicing calm and patience going?

 

[ButtonHoarder]

If you planted garden yesterday would you dig up all the seeds today to see if they've sprouted yet?

How well is practicing calm and patience going?

I just wondered if you guys wanted to see how the air cells were doing.