How many times a day should an automatic turner turn the eggs?

[alireza18feb]

I've built an automatic egg turner for my homemade incubator that has a timer which orders the motor to turn the eggs every 1 hour
Should I do more/less turning?

 

[MysteryChicken]

I've built an automatic egg turner for my homemade incubator that has a timer which orders the motor to turn the eggs every 1 hour
Should I do more/less turning?

The more the better actually.

I have mine set for 6 full turns a day, which is every 3hrs.

 

[JustAChickenLoverOverHere]

I agree with the above poster. The more the merrier.
My turner does 1.5 turns every 3 hours.

 

[alireza18feb]

I agree with the above poster. The more the merrier.
My turner does 1.5 turns every 3 hours.

Yes but I get the feeling that more turns is somehow gonna mess with the containment of the egg, maybe mix it? I have this fear, but I've also heard that a hen turns its eggs every 20 minutes, is it OK to go for 30 mins?

 

[JustAChickenLoverOverHere]

Yes but I get the feeling that more turns is somehow gonna mess with the containment of the egg, maybe mix it? I have this fear, but I've also heard that a hen turns its eggs every 20 minutes, is it OK to go for 30 mins?

It won't mess it up as long as you aren't smacking them around with the turner. Slowly and steady, and they'll be fine.

 

[Knighstar679]

There is an article out about turning. It said that eggs turn once an hour did better than those turned less. I can’t remember if it talked about more than hourly though.