Turning eggs

[fil76]

Once a month I have to work away from
Home on a Sunday so I can't turn my
Eggs as much as I like I can turn at 6am
6am & at bed time will this do as I will
Turn 4 times the rest of the time
Manual not auto
Cheers phil

 

[ChickenCanoe]

The first 2 weeks is most important for development of amniotic membranes and especially the first week so I think your schedule will be fine. For chickens it isn't that critical the third week.

 

[fil76]

Any more advice as anyone tried this
Cheers phiil

 

[Madi131]

I thought you were supposed to turn your eggs an odd amount of times each day? I just started incubating some silkie eggs. It's day 4 today and they're going quite well, but everything I read said to turn an odd amount. Whether it be 3, 5, 7, or more, just they werent supposed to lay on the same side for more than one night.

Below are my silkies. I'm candling the same one for a project

 

[ChickenCanoe]

I thought you were supposed to turn your eggs an odd amount of times each day? I just started incubating some silkie eggs. It's day 4 today and they're going quite well, but everything I read said to turn an odd amount. Whether it be 3, 5, 7, or more, just they werent supposed to lay on the same side for more than one night.

Below are my silkies. I'm candling the same one for a project

That's a good point if one is turning by hand. If they are going to be on the same side for any length of time, you don't want them on that side every time. When I turned by hand, rather than an A and B side, I put A, B and C on the eggs so I was doing 120 degree turns.

 

[cmfarm]

I wouldn't worry about it too much. They are times were I turn the turner off and don't remember too turn it back on for a day or too and it doesn't do any harm.