Eggs were not auto turning

[Punkybrewster]

I need some advice or reassurance.
I have been hatching on and off for years but this is a first for me.

I am hatching a dozen expensive marans eggs. They are split between 2 incubators. A Magicfly and a Brinsea mini 11.

I put them in the bators thusday night.
Monday afternoon i realize on the Brinsea i put the turning tray upside down. I could hear the turner working but it wasnt turning the eggs.
Of course i fixed it and now all is well but what damage have i caused? Thats 4 days without turning. Are my eggs doomed? All i picture are embryos pasted to the side of the shell.

 

[Thatothercrazychickenlady]

At least you still caught it early on. I’ve read some contradictory articles on which days are the most important for turning. Some people say first few days others say day 4-7. There has also been some studies to show that turning eggs more frequently could help recover from them not turning the first few days. I don’t think your eggs are doomed but you may see lower hatch rates.

 

[Punkybrewster]

Ugh. Ive read the same conflicted findings. Hoping someone comes along that has had similar experience and what their results were.
At least they are local eggs and not shipped. Thank you.

 

[Rooster G]

That has happened to me as well, and we still had a good hatch.

 

[Punkybrewster]

Thats good to know.
My avatar are the eggs. I will be happy with 50% at this point.
If i wasnt so distracted all the time i would have noticed they werent turning.

Now that this has happened it will never happen again. Brinsea makes an awesome incubator. 100% hatches with fertile local eggs. But the turning plate fits both ways so if youre not paying attention...DONT PLACE IT UPSIDE DOWN.

 

[Savedbygrace]

I'd leave them and see what happens. They are so resilient, we had a call duck hatch out of a batch of eggs a few years back and the incubator was foolishly set near a window and got up to 105 degrees or more (it was at 105 when we realized it) yet the little baby pulled through.