Ok so I set 52 cotunix eggs on the 30th put them on lock down Saturday at midnight. Here's where the problem comes into play, I get up for work this mornin and on the the way out the door remind my wife not to turn the eggs well I get home from work and to my suprise she had turned them thinking I had said to. The question is what the chances that any will still hatch? Thanks in advance to any and all that reply.
My guess is that there's no worries. The eggs get jostled during hatching anyway from chicks that hatch early and the brief decrease in humidity won't make much difference at this stage. It's still early. I would worry about if the eggs were already pipped and zipping and worry about "shrink wrapping", but that's not really the case. Good luck on your hatch!
If you look at it this way, the early bird who hatches immediately sets to playing football with the rest of the eggs. The football game just keeps increasing as more chicks hatch out. They should be fine. I've had them hatch while still sitting in the turner.
Good deal. I was prayin. I guess the eggs wanted to let me know as well because I just went to check for pips and there was 2 eggs rockin back an forth. I guess they are tryin to reposition since their turnover.
Thank you all. Just finished gettin the brooder ready. Now if I can just somehow let them know that maybe they would hurry up and come on out.
I can tell you my duck rolled her eggs, even after they started making noise and she had no issues related to that. My understanding is lockdown is more for stability of humidity and temp.
Quote:Patience is a virtue. They tend to hatch on their own schedule. Not the feed monster's! No problem with an extra day's turning....lock down and wait the whole 21 days!
