Eggs Moving stop during incubation

[Ishtiaq]

Dear Brother/ sisters

I have first time incubate of chicken eggs, can you tell me during incubation egg turning trays stop for 2 to 3 days, what happened this is harm for incubating eggs or not. plz tell me detail bout it.
waiting for your urgent reply

Regards

Ishtiaq Nazir

 

[kuchchicks]

I think you are asking if the eggs stop getting turned during incubation for 2-3 days will it harm the eggs... If that is what you are asking I think it would depend on where in the incubation process you are. If it is early on turning is to prevent the embryo from sticking to the shell. I just read somewhere recently where it is safe to stop turning at day 14. I have also read that there are some people out there who never turn there eggs. I personally have always turned my eggs so I cannot speak to not turning the eggs at all. 2 hatches ago, I was borrowing an automatic egg turner from a friend that was not working properly and I know for a fact that my eggs did not get turned correctly. By the time I realized I was about 2 weeks into the process. for that hatch I got a 30% hatch rate but I also had A LOT of incubator issues as well.

For your hatch, I would continue on from where you are and turn them from now until lock down. There is really nothing else to be done at this point other than to hope for the best. '

Please let me know if I misunderstood your question. Good luck with your hatch. Let me know how you do!

 

[Ishtiaq]

Thanks alot bro I have eggs at different stages 11 eggs at 17days, 10 eggs at 12days and 5 eggs at 7days. If automatic trays stop for 2 days is it harm for eggs or not.

 

[kuchchicks]

As far as turning goes, are you able to remove some of your trays? My turner I can remove some of the trays and leave others. If no, then I don't think stopping turning for a couple of days will be an issue (I could be wrong, anyone?).

What I do think will be an issue though is the humidity level. I am now assuming that you are going to stop the turning during the time that the older eggs are in lock down and will be hatching. The issue with the humidity will be this: during lock down you will need to raise your humidity to 65%-75%. You need to get it higher to prevent the membranes from drying out. This will be much higher than what you will need for your other eggs that are still incubating. Those eggs are generally kept much lower. I personally keep mine humidity during incubation at 30%-35%. HOWEVER - this too could be overcome as well. If again this is only for a couple of days you can then lower your humidity once the hatch is done. You will need to keep a close eye on your air cells. If they do not look like they are getting big enough then you will need to drop your humidity (maybe even run it dry) to get them to the point of losing enough moisture.