Thanks Cynthia...

[Cara]

The eggs arrived today, and I think they could have survived a nuclear holocaust with that packaging. They're resting before going in with the others. Fingers crossed for a good hatch!

 

[speckledhen]

Whew, I was wondering about your eggs! I was going to email you if I hadn't heard in a couple of hours. Glad they made it. Good luck!

 

[FLF]

Yes, thank you from me too! No one ever need to worry about getting broken eggs from you! Even my postal gorillas didn't manage to smash any.

 

[Cara]

Thanks. I set the others yesterday, so if I set these today, everything should be ok if I turn the humidity up and stop turning them on day 18/19 (for the other lot), shouldn't it?

 

[speckledhen]

Yes, Cara, that'll be fine. If you set them later than noon yesterday, you still count today as Day One anyway. For all intents and purposes, they are not really staggered.
Glad yours got there intact as well, Debbie! Happy Hatching, you two!

 

[Cara]

Ok, so if I set some on 11/7 at 1pm, and the rest on 11/8 at 3pm, I should stop turning them on 11/26 around lunchtime? This confused me last time too, and I didn't set them at different times then.

My Sultan who lays once in a blue moon graced me with an egg today, so I set that with the others. Hopefully it will hatch into another pullet, my rooster is mean!

 

[speckledhen]

There is no exact right time. If it was me, I'd stop turning anytime on the 26th, probably in the afternoon.