So the shipped bearded silkie eggs arrived. I bought these to bring unrelated blood lines to my small flock. Well packed but were 4 days on the way. Breeder gave a few extra, so I have 10. I did a quick candle and looks like all have either detached or loose air cells. They will sit over night and then I will put them in the incubator upright in cartons. Reading up, since it has been a while, on how long they should sit udisturbed before turning. I see arguments for both the 2, 3, 5 and 7 days of not turning. I have tried several different methods. Last time I tried to hatch shipped eggs, NONE hatched. These were older eggs, dirty and all had detached or jiggly aircells. I did the 7 day no touch method that time. Another time 14/16 hatched. After reading many threads on others' experience, I think I will go ahead and gently turn them from side to side a few times a day from the get go.