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[BarrettHatcheryNC]

I can appreciate that. Mistakes are easy to make though you will probably never do that again. Next time an easy way to check your counting is that the day of the week you start them is the day of the week the 21 days are up. If they go in the incubator on a Monday, the 21 days are up on a Monday.


During the first part of incubation turning is fairly important for a few different reasons. But after two weeks most of those reasons are no longer valid. I had a poultry science professor that specialized in chicken reproduction (a real expert) say that after 14 days chicken eggs do not need to be turned.


The other part of lockdown is that you raise the humidity. It is important for the egg to lose a certain amount moisture before it hatches. Eggs lose moisture as they are being stored before incubation starts as well as during incubation. How much moisture they need to lose is a pretty wide window. You do not need to be that precise.

I don't know what your risk is to your specific eggs. Most, if not all, will probably be in that window and you will probably be OK but I can't give you any guarantees. Besides there is nothing you can do about it now anyway. It is what it is and you are likely to cause harm of you try to adjust anything.

Let us know how it goes. Good luck!

Super helpful thank you so much!!