Reason for Turning eggs in the incubator

[al6517]

I know this Question probably has been here before but I need to know the reason you must turn your eggs, how frequently and how to mark them properly, how to exactly turn them, and when do you stop turning them and why????. I hope someone can help Thanks.

AL

 

[MandyH]

Mark an X and a Y on either side with a pencil and turn the egg onto that side twice a day. You want the egg to be rotated to keep the air cell from sticking to one side of the egg.

 

[al6517]

So is that side to side or end to end, and do you mean 4 times total per day???.

AL

 

[MissPrissy]

You want to roll the eggs over from 1 side to the opposite side.

Eggs need to be turned 3 - 5 times a day.

2 times is just not enough to properly exercise them embryo.

 

[flamingauburnmustang]

Interesting. I never really understood this whole turning thing. Now I do.

 

[Jamie821]

the reason you turn the eggs is because the developing chick will end up with its head lying on the side of the yolk and if not turned the membrane will stick to the side of the egg it is laying on and the chick will end up being caught between the yolk and the egg shell killing it. Always turn your eggs from side to side never end over end and always a odd number of times per day like three or five. The reason for this is because if you do it a even amount of times the same side will end up down at night every night and thus your eggs will spend most of their time with the same side down.

 

[swtangel321]

I always turn an odd number of times per day, that way the egg doesnt sit on the same side during the night.

 

[al6517]

This is getting good, Learning alot, keep em coming.