Turn the eggs

It won't harm the eggs if you don't turn them properly once. Turn all of them to the same side up, then keep going as you were before.

3 turns per 24 hours is the absolute minimum that you should be aiming at. With your next hatch, you should consider turning them 5 or 7 times per day if it's at all possible. You should always turn the eggs an odd number of times per 24 hour period to ensure that they spend the night on a different side every night because most people don't turn them during the night while they sleep. So for example, a good 5 time turning pattern for you could be 5am, 9am, 1pm, 5pm and 9pm (assuming that you're turning at 5am and 9pm because those are convenient for you).

 

Turning is most important in first two weeks of incubation. Some people stop turning all together day 16 with no ill result in hatch rate. The turning till day 18 is to keep it simple as that's the day you raise the humidity some. The combining of stop turning and raise humidity on same day is for simplicity not a do or die rule.

 

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Your eggs should be fine if you only missed one turning. And, at this stage in incubation, turning isn't as important.

Good luck with the hatch!

 

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The other posters have given you some good advice. Your eggs should be fine, even if you missed 1-2 turnings. After 16 days, you don't even need to turn them anymore, though I usually do.

 

Good luck!

 

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Hello and Welcome To BYC and Happy Holidays! Good luck with the hatch!