Set them into the incubator and turn them normally. gimmie birdies is correct--time is a factor and the sooner they are incubating the better they will be.
Cute! Those are store bought? I'm still surprised it works even reading through this thread.I heard diff things, on my hand turn eggs, I turn as little as poss. first 3 days then 3 times a day turn. candle on day 7,14,18 stop turning/candling on day 18, when they pip a hole it will take up to 24 for full hatch- I try not to help at all. my current batch below- I have six, waiting on one egg, still hear it tapping.
Very Nice!
Here are my 3 trader joe girls. Hatched 6 and 3 were boys. They were hatched by a broodie hen so they are a bit wild but im sure will be great layers!
So true! I set two dozen TJs eggs and got 14 fertile eggs, then set another two dozen and only one developed! The rooster must have taken time off.
Since you aren't hatching other eggs (I usually have two separate hatches timed a week apart in my incubator and another week in the hatcher) then you can be more specific with how you treat them. I don't think there is any advantage to turning the eggs the first few days and it isn't necessary the last week. I'd leave any with detached air cells upright (fat end up) for the first few days of incubation without turning to try and regain the air cells. I also wouldn't bother turning them the last week and I'd also keep them upright for hatching. I didn't follow this advice and had several chicks go all the way to internal pip and drown from shipped eggs. I also mis-times a hatch once and they were all pipping on the turner. I leveled it out and let them hatch upright and it went fairly well. If all your chicks have hatched and one seems stuck it might just be the humidity and it needs to be released. Sometimes they do great and sometimes they aren't ready but probably weren't going to make it anyway. Stop if you see blood...it could still make it. Leaving them in the egg too long has negative outcomes as well (messed up legs or necks).I heard diff things, on my hand turn eggs, I turn as little as poss. first 3 days then 3 times a day turn. candle on day 7,14,18 stop turning/candling on day 18, when they pip a hole it will take up to 24 for full hatch- I try not to help at all. my current batch below- I have six, waiting on one egg, still hear it tapping.
