They don't have to be placed on their sides as long as they have room to pip/zip.
Have the eggs in question been turned at all during this time? I don't mean twisted in an upright position, I mean turned from side to side. If not, I wouldn't hold out much hope for viable chicks from them.
I do find that interesting. After having lots of artificially incubated baby chicks and then those with broodies, I never gave pasted vent a thought till I started using the probiotic powder in chicks water. Then I put 2 and 2 together.
I'm sure they do but they don't seem to take it as hard as dogs. Any sudden move or noise startles my birds but when I closed up Monday night during what sounded like a war zone, they seemed OK. So they probably got used to it.
We saw the new shark movie - "Shallows" on Sunday. It was really intense.
That is huge.
Hard on wildlife.
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Most of the old poultry farmers up north of me have embraced bantams because the egg output per feed input is greater with bantams.
All cockerels I don't exactly understand.
A friend up the road from me had chickens but didn't eat eggs. He just liked sitting at his desk in the morning and see chickens in his yard when he looked out the window.
I sometimes still have some clear space in the small end on day 18.
@BantyChooks
I have 31 black penedesenca eggs in the incubator. 5 due to hatch today (2 out so far and I think 1 quit a couple days ago), 5 due on the 8th, 5 due the 14th, 3 on the 15th and 13 on the 20th.
I'm not sure how many of those others will make it (in fact it's amazing any at all hatch) because I'm still using the chicken executioner version of the electric chair called a Little Giant.
. I hope since you sadly have so many to replace and need theses guys that hatch goes well.
