turning eggs

[philippa@65]

Are you supposed to turn on day 18 or do the last turn on day 17?

 

[toxo]

I think it's day 18 hon. Leaving the last three days to hatch.

Paul

 

[philippa@65]

Ok thanks lets hope ive still got eggs by day 18 and they are not clears or die and go bad!!

 

[highschoolhatcher]

I was pretty sure you were suppose to stop after day 17 I mean I stopped and Junior hatched fine and healthy.

 

[Cherlyn]

Day 18 is the last day of turning. Turn an odd number of times each day. Days 19, 20, 21, etc etc (however long it takes the little fuzzies to hatch), do not turn, and do not open the 'bator. Make sure your humidity is around 60-65 and sit back and watch (or distract yourself for a few days)!

~Cherlyn

 

[philippa@65]

luckily ill be at work most of the day on day 21 and 22, after last time i cant sit around watching!

 

[Cherlyn]

philippa@65 :

luckily ill be at work most of the day on day 21 and 22, after last time i cant sit around watching!

Good!

~Cherlyn​

 

[marymac]

Quote:
Why are you not supposed to open the bator? Doesn't the mama chick get off the nest the last 3 days to do her business and eat?

 

[Akane]

This is one of those cases where an incubator is not a hen. When you open an incubator all the humid air goes out and you have to wait for more water to evaporate to replace the humidity. In that time the membrane of the eggs may dry out. When a hen sits back on a nest the humidity is instantly back up cause there is very little air between a hen and their eggs. The moisture and heat is directly from the body. Hens will also be less likely to get up off their eggs when they hear chicks hatching and may not leave the nest that day.