Messed up with staggered hatch! Now what?!?! HELP!

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I had a staggered hatch going with my own eggs and I forgot which day is day 18 for them. I wrote dates on eggs (2,3,5) I had Feb 18 written on my calender as day 18...but makes no sense because I'm pretty sure I put these in on the 6th...maybe...had to have been at least the 5th? If I put them in then, day 18 would probably be about the 23rd? I have 2 more eggs in bator with dates 7 and 8 and don't know which day I put them in. I've been putting a few in here and there and I tossed a bunch out because of infertility. Sooooo, I messed up on all of my dates and didn't write some down when I thought I did. Ok, here's the problem.....my phone went off with my 'day 18' reminder on the 18th so I put those 3 eggs in the hatcher. I think what happened is that I ended up throwing the set away that was supposed to go in hatcher on the 18th. They haven't been turned since the 18th. I just noticed an hour ago that I screwed up because they haven't pipped and this morning (I thought) was day 21. I think that day 18 for these 3 would be on the 23rd. What do I do? Put them back in the bator til then or leave them in the hatcher and turn them? I'm just scared because they haven't been turned in 3 days. What the heck should I do now? I hope I didn't make this too confusing. Thanks for helpin me!
 
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Hasn't anybody ever done this before? I didn't get any answers, so I just put them back in the other bator with the turner and I'll just take a guess that they should be going back in the hatcher on the 23rd.
Still worried though because they haven't been turned in so many days
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After about midway through incubation, I don't think turning is too important.
I've locked down my 'bator with staggered hatched & not turned eggs for over a week - they were fine. On the other hand, I've accidentally left eggs in the turner - they just hatched out in the turner!
Turning is more important at the beginning of incubation.
 
Thank you, I feel better now
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All of my parent stock for these eggs were found killed this morning so I really want these eggs to hatch out.
 
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