First Batch of Eggs Are In!Update pg 11. It's over!Their out!!!!

[Attack Chicken]

What time of the days should I turn them than? I'm setting my alarm clock 5 minutes before six all through Christmas break to wake up and turn them.

 

[the1much]

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all times,,,, if ya get up to go to the bathroom,,, stop by the bator and turn,, start as early as ya get up,, and as late as you stay awake. eggs dont have eyes yet,, they cant tell between day and night hehe

 

[kryptoniteqhs]

i turn mine every 8 hours....they say to do it either 3 or 5 times....an odd number....i do mine at 11am, 7pm, and 3 am

 

[william9792]

you need to turn then at least three times a day, i like to do more, if they were under a hen they turn them once a hour at lease mine do.

 

[Attack Chicken]

Ok Thanks everyone! My AG teacher here at school told me to turn them once, but the paper that came with the incubator said at least 2-3 times a day and at the same time. So thats why before I go to school I turn them. I'm really hoping these hatch...but hopefully I don't get any boys or I'll have to get rid of them.

 

[shelleyd2008]

The least you should turn them is twice, and then make sure it is every 12 hours. The more you turn them the better. The automatic turners turn them 6 x's a day. Like the1much said, just turn them whenever you think about it. I turn mine between 3 & 5 times, somedays 3, some 4, rarely 5, and hardly ever at the same times as the day(s) before.

 

[Attack Chicken]

I'm thinking about getting an automatic turner this spring for if I get eggs. I tried to get my mom to turn them every 6 hour which she is afraid of breaking them.

 

[Attack Chicken]

Just candled them again to see how they were doing and they very active! It almost seems like Im going to have Happy Feet chicks! instead of penguins!

 

[the1much]

 

[Rufflemyfeathers]

You could also turn them one last time just before you got to bed and then you would have 3 turns in anyway..just a thought..