OMG I am an idiot! Help please!

[bird-brain]

I set my first clutch on 4/19, I put the date in my phone and set an alarm to remind me to put them on lock down. Everything went pretty well and I have cute lol fluffy butts in the brooder. I set a second clutch several days later, put the date in my phone and set an alarm......saturday my phone locked up and required a reset.....my calendar did not populate the date for lockdown!!!

I can not for the life of me remember when I put them in the bator. Based on the number of eggs, it would have taken 4- 5 days to collect them so my best guess is its either today or tomorrow but I am not sure. I had all my hens trying to go broody so they were laying sporadically. Anyone ever done this or have any idea what I should do? I just candled them and all have kicking chicks inside.

I am so irritated with myself for not making a hard copy of my dates!!!!!!!

 

[JanO]

If you're sure today or tomorrow should be lockdown, go ahead and do it tomorrow. It shouldn't hurt them to be off a day.

 

[bird-brain]

If you're sure today or tomorrow should be lockdown, go ahead and do it tomorrow.  It shouldn't hurt them to be off a day.

That's the problem, I'm NOT sure of anything. My hens were way off on their laying so there was a while I was getting anywhere from one to three eggs a day. I Know that I collected on the 19th. But depending on the number per day I could be off by a day or so. I guess tomorrow is the safest route to go since its right in the middle.

Should I bump humidity a LITTLE, maybe to 55- 60% ? The turners move so slow I doubt it will disturb too much.

 

[chiqita]

That's the problem, I'm NOT sure of anything. My hens were way off on their laying so there was a while I was getting anywhere from one to three eggs a day. I Know that I collected on the 19th. But depending on the number per day I could be off by a day or so. I guess tomorrow is the safest route to go since its right in the middle.

Should I bump humidity a LITTLE, maybe to 55- 60% ? The turners move so slow I doubt it will disturb too much.

Some people recomend cranking up the humidity after the first pip anyway, assuming you can watch those eggs. You can try that method.

 

[Habibs Hens]

stopping tuning is the main thing for eggs so they can position for hatch

day 18 is what's the best time

but its known that successful hatches have occurred when turning stops at day 15

and then you can up humidity at first pip as that's when its most crucial

 

[bird-brain]

Thanks for all the advice everyone. Now just cross your fingers that I don't lose thi whole clutch. I am really banging my head against the wall over this. I keep most of my records on paper and everyone laughs at me for it. The one time I go digital it bites me in the reader end. I'll stick with my notebooks from now on.......

 

[bird-brain]

Just wanted to update this. I have 5 chicks safely on the ground and the other six eggs are pipped and progressing nicely. The first eggs started pipping around 10:00 am yesterday. I actually unplugged the turner at about 2:00 am Tuesday morning but didn't remove it and officially start lock down until about 8:00 Tuesday so I was roughly 24 hours late with my lockdown. Still it looks like we are going to have 100% hatch! Thanks everyone!

 

[Ms Steak]

That is fantastic news