Has anyone done a "staggered hatch" in one incubator?

[aoxa]

It turns so slowly, I don't think they could would get caught.
Now that it's been brought up, I'll probably get a keeper stuck in it...

BTW, I have had much better hatches before I got the turner.
There is alot to be debated as to why, but that is just my two cents.

I've been told by a breeder and keeper of exotic birds that he doesn't use one because they are a waste of money. He has used one, and prefers not to. He said turning doesn't have to be carefully turning every egg. He just takes one hand and rolls them when he thinks of it. Usually twice a day. His hatch rates are much better than mine. Also the rolling makes sense, as that's what broody hens do. They don't carefully place them on the opposite side.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

It turns so slowly, I don't think they could would get caught.
Now that it's been brought up, I'll probably get a keeper stuck in it...

BTW, I have had much better hatches before I got the turner.
There is alot to be debated as to why, but that is just my two cents.

I hope not, now that it was said!!!

 

[Sweetlilbaby]

I have never heard of setting eggs all the same day, and having them weeks apart. Day 16?! Wow.. Did the chick look normal? I have heard of day 19 at the earliest.
I have done staggered hatches. As long as the last chick of the first hatch is out before lockdown on the second batch.. The added humidity at the end never seemed to affect the others. I've hatched twice this year in one incubator with different hatch dates.

Yeah, the one hatched 16 days in was fully formed normal chick. But it was very lonely and was bigger then the others when they hatched.

 

[missnu01]

I'm getting ready to possibly have to do this and I'm thinking that once the oldest eggs start pipping I will just leave the younger eggs alone until the older ones hatch. The older eggs hatching will inevitably turn the younger and once I remove the hatched chicks I can go back to turning the younger eggs