So since 2 hatched early.... should the others be placed on their sides?

[Chickiemom25]

its been about 5 hrs and not seeing any activity... I should also mention that I have guineas and chicken eggs going but they are all due in 5 days as the guineas started a week earlier.... I hate to see the babies struggling on the turner

 

[Pyxis]

Five days early would be really, really early - what date did you set them? What's your temperature been? And were these chicks or keets that hatched?

I would candle and check for internal pips, and if you see more, go into lockdown now.

 

[Chickiemom25]

I now have 4 keets hatched . Guinea eggs should be 28 days so after seven days I added chicken eggs to the incubator so everybody would be due on the same day. The incubator now showing four days to hatch since it counts down. temperature is set to 99.5 but fluctuates between 99.5 and 100. Have never seen it go over 100.0. Humidity was between 43 and 55 but after the first 2 hatched I've jumped it up to 68 however now the viewing window on my incubator has lots of condensation. Must not of been too much since 2 more have hatched overnight

 

[Pyxis]

Keets don't necessarily take 28 days to hatch, which is why I asked. They can take 26 to 28 days. Still, that makes them two days early, which is very early. Are you going by what a built in gauge on your incubator says the temp is, or are you using a separate calibrated thermometer?

 

[Chickiemom25]

Keets don't necessarily take 28 days to hatch, which is why I asked. They can take 26 to 28 days. Still, that makes them two days early, which is very early. Are you going by what a built in gauge on your incubator says the temp is, or are you using a separate calibrated thermometer?

I have a separate thermometer as well.

 

[Pyxis]

I have a separate thermometer as well.

Have you calibrated it to make sure it's accurate? Also, do you know the date of when you set the eggs?

 

[Chickiemom25]

Have you calibrated it to make sure it's accurate? Also, do you know the date of when you set the eggs?

No the built in and the separate thermometer matched so I thought all was good. I think I put them in on 9/9. it was a saturday... The chicken eggs went in a week later. I set the countdown to 28 days on 9/9 so Saturday it should be 28 days for guineas and 21 for chickens.