Tofuchicken

Hatching
Jun 18, 2025
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Hello! I recently ordered a dozen shipped hatching eggs. I have a small automatic incubator that can only hold 12 eggs, but the seller gave me 2 extra in case any broke in transit. None of them broke, and I have 14 eggs to incubate. I managed to put all 14 in the incubator, but 6 of them are not turning when the incubator automatically turns every 2 hours. I’ve been switching those 6 non turning eggs every day in the evening to a spot where they can actually turn. The concern with that is the fact that those 6 non turning eggs aren’t turning for the majority of the day before I switch their spots, and turning over 3-5x the next day after I switch their spots. This also means that most likely all 14 eggs will have two or three days (or more) where they aren’t turned because I switch them between the non-turning and turning spots.

I have thought of an alternative, where I keep the 6 non turning eggs where they are and just turn those myself every 3-5 times a day. However, I am concerned about how often I would have to open the incubator (temperature and humidity loss). If I were to choose this option, would it be recommended I have the humidity be higher? Currently, the incubator is around 45-50% humidity, but drops to 40% when I open it. The temperature drops a little too but otherwise is a consistent 100. I do feel like this is a better option, but I would like some opinions.
I would like to note that I candled the eggs, and I believe 2 have detached air sacs. It looks like a big moving air bubble. I feel that I should have those 2 detached eggs be manually turned along with 4 other eggs. I have already let all the eggs settle for 24 hours before incubating. The shipping took around 4-5 days. I placed the eggs in the incubator yesterday (June 17) at around 2pm.
 
Just keep doing what you are doing. When you candle them AT day 7 or so, you may find that not all are developing. So choose to remove the duds, and you should have the incubator turning all the remaining eggs automatically.

WISHING YOU BEST,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,and :welcome
 
If you have the time I would just manually turn them, and you could take the turner out.

Like @cavemanrich said, you likely will have some infertiles/ early quitters that you can take out. You should be able to tell by day 5 or sooner.

As long as you are quick about opening the incubator, there is no problem with opening it often to turn. And for my incubator at least, its temp and humidity gets back up in a minute or so.
 

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