Lockdown

[XcluckyX]

Ok so today is day 18 I'm wondering do I turn them off the side they spent the night on and then lockdown and not touch or do I just lockdown and not turn?
Cheers

 

[Pyxis]

I usually set them with the drop down side of the air cell facing up so that I can see when they pip. Otherwise, it doesn't really matter

 

[PD-Riverman]

Ok so today is day 18 I'm wondering do I turn them off the side they spent the night on and then lockdown and not touch or do I just lockdown and not turn?
Cheers

It don't matter, but if you want, flip them and lock down. What does lock Down mean to you? Do you plan to increase the humidity?

 

[AmyLynn2374]

I usually set them with the drop down side of the air cell facing up so that I can see when they pip. Otherwise, it doesn't really matter

Me too. I mark the air cells day 18 and face the side they should pip on up so I can watch for the pips. Turning doesn't matter as chicken eggs don't need to be turned after 2 weeks.

 

[ChickenPooDo]

Me too. I mark the air cells day 18 and face the side they should pip on up so I can watch for the pips. Turning doesn't matter as chicken eggs don't need to be turned after 2 weeks.

I a starting day 21 at midnight tonight, so excited. I have mine sitting upright in an egg carton. Do they always pip on the fat end? A couple eggs are fat and I'm worried they won't be able to get out lol

 

[Pyxis]

I a starting day 21 at midnight tonight, so excited. I have mine sitting upright in an egg carton. Do they always pip on the fat end? A couple eggs are fat and I'm worried they won't be able to get out lol

I always lay them down to hatch and don't hatch upright unless there's a problem with the air cell. But yes, they always pip on the fat end unless they are malpositioned (turned the wrong way in the egg).

 

[PD-Riverman]

I a starting day 21 at midnight tonight, so excited. I have mine sitting upright in an egg carton. Do they always pip on the fat end? A couple eggs are fat and I'm worried they won't be able to get out lol

If 21 days starts tonight at midnight----and there is no pips yet----your incubator might be running a little cool. What day/date did you set them on?

 

[AmyLynn2374]

If 21 days starts tonight at midnight----and there is no pips yet----your incubator might be running a little cool. What day/date did you set them on?

Times two. I'd check the thermometers. You did not count the day you set as day 1, right?

 

[ChickenPooDo]

If 21 days starts tonight at midnight----and there is no pips yet----your incubator might be running a little cool. What day/date did you set them on?

Put the eggs in 12am on 2/5. I have an internal digital that has been consistent at 100 (rounds number up) and my incubator has been consistent at 99.5 give or take fluctuations of a half degree or so. I'm on day 20 until midnight tonight. Candled at day 18 and saw chicks moving. Hopefully we did everything right

 

[AmyLynn2374]

Put the eggs in 12am on 2/5. I have an internal digital that has been consistent at 100 (rounds number up) and my incubator has been consistent at 99.5 give or take fluctuations of a half degree or so. I'm on day 20 until midnight tonight. Candled at day 18 and saw chicks moving. Hopefully we did everything right

If you put them in on 2/5 then their hatch day is 2/26. You don't count the day you set, count starts 24 hours after set. You are using a forced air incubator?