May be a dumb question, BUT...

[JennH07]

When you use shipped eggs for incubating I know that you let them sit over night to rest, but do younot turn them for 2 to 3 days in case the air sack has come detached? Or is it ok to goahead and turn? I will be ordering eggs soon and this will be my first hatch ever. I must admit I am a bit nervous.

 

[latebloomer]

i'm going to listen in on this too.

i'm getting my second (and third) egg shipments today or tomorrow and i'm planning to let them sit point-side down in an egg carton for twelve hours,

i hadn't heard the don't turn for the first two or three days. i turned over the eggs from my first shipment from day one to eighteen.

 

[chickenpiedpiper]

You turn them, just as you would regular eggs. If you dont, the embryo will stick to the side, and then you really have a dead egg.

You should have an egg turner that keeps the eggs on its pointy end so the air sack will hopefully be in the right place. I have never had an air sack move during shipping, so Its never been an issue here.

Good Luck!

 

[youngbiddy]

I let mine rest fat end up for 12 hours before I put them in the bator, then I didn't use the turner for the first two days. All the fertile eggs have developed normally with perfectly formed, attached air cells. They'll hatch this weekend, so we'll see..