Lately I have had several eggs hatch earlier than I had expected and so the eggs never were put on their sides in the hatcher. This was occurring because we kept taking clutches of eggs away from the hen(s) and they apparently had already started to incubate. Anyway, these little guys have just popped out of the eggs and I was wondering if anyone else has ever hatched eggs without putting them on their sides the last three days? Where did the concept of putting the eggs on their side towards the end come from? I haven't had one chick that drowned in the shell or whatever else happens when they start to pip and then just don't finish.
