The eggs were left turning until day 19

[Caffus]

My nieghbor is incubating some of my chickens eggs. Yesterday was lock down day, but she was busy and we couldn't candel the eggs. She raised the humitiy, but did not turn off the turner until I went over there this morning. I was going to remove the turning tray yesterday and place the eggs in a ventalated egg carton pionty side down. We just turned the turner off and left the turning tray in, since its already day 19, I didn't want to mess with them. Its just a slotted turning tray, but Im concered they might get stuck or somthing. Also, some might be dead in there. The humitiy is 76% and we turned the temperature down from 100 to 98. I told her just to leave it alone until they all hatch. Do ypu think they'll be alright?

 

[JaeG]

I would take the turner out. Until eggs start to pip externally it's fine to open the incubator if you need to. Just try and keep the eggs in the same position they are currently sitting in if you do decide to move them. You can also still candle them but again, keep them in the same position they are currently in as otherwise the chick can get confused and try and turn around, then get stuck.

 

[Caffus]

I would take the turner out. Until eggs start to pip externally it's fine to open the incubator if you need to. Just try and keep the eggs in the same position they are currently sitting in if you do decide to move them. You can also still candle them but again, keep them in the same position they are currently in as otherwise the chick can get confused and try and turn around, then get stuck.

This is a flat tray incubator. In a slotted egg turner tray...some of the eggs are flat and some are leaning on the turner tray pionted side slighty down. The only way to keep them in the same postion is to leave the turner tray in. They're in the tray, but the turner is turned off.

 

[Mellowmalt]

Up to you. But I'd lower humidity a bit if you can. Keep it above 60% but under 75%. Too much moisture I have read can displace the oxygen they need (not sure how true that is) but once eggs start pipping and hatching humidity will rise drastically so if you are at 76% to begin with the hatching eggs will cause it to go too high for sure.

 

[JaeG]

I don't use a turner so I'm not sure how much of a potential hazard they might be to hatching chicks. It does get quite messy as the eggs hatch as well so just be aware it will all need cleaning afterwards.

As long as you aren't rolling the eggs around and suddenly moving them from sitting horizontally to vertically they would be fine to take out of the turner to lie flat to hatch.

 

[Caffus]

Two have hatched last night. One seems to be stuck in the shell. Its been zipped and with the top off...for I dont know how long, so I don't expect it to make it. There were 11 eggs total alive at day 10. That's the last time they were candeled. None of the other eggs have pipped yet.