Turning Oops

[shaky6]

Just discovered on day 14 that I never plugged in my egg turner. I feel compelled to wait it out...

 

[Sally Sunshine]

are they alive at candle? then keep on trucking!!

 

[TarheelBirdy]

Did you candle, and if so, what were the results? I hope you'll follow up and let us know what happens....this could be a really good learning experience for us all. I hope it works out well!

 

[gimmie birdies]

some people believe in the no turn technique. just turn for a few more days like you would and see what happens.

 

[shaky6]

I've got a new candler coming because the last idea with a flashlight and a toilet paper tube didn't work so well. Maybe I'll have it tomorrow. Not exactly sure if I know what I'm doing though. You can read all day long about how to, but unless you see it done its kind of hard to know whats what.

 

[Quyen Le]

I turn more on day 15-18 so the chicks can exercise for hatching. They will hatch OK.

 

[shaky6]

That's great to hear. My first batch got a 50% hatch rate with late delivered eggs and reject eggs as a replacement and had a heck of a time getting my new incubator to even out with a temp setting. Now my 2nd batch wasn't even turned for 2 weeks. I'm curious to see how determined nature is.

 

[what did I do]

Last fall I had a hen that didn't turn her eggs for 10 days. I think she had 5 eggs under her, 3 hatched. We started turning the eggs for her when we saw that everything was on one side of all the egg. I think only one stayed stuck. I think some of yours should make it.

 

[shaky6]

I just candled them with my new candler, and yep, this thing is so much easier to use than the po folk method. 2 out of the 12 never even developed blood vessels, one looks to be much smaller and slower in development than the others. The rest are dark through the middle with a defined air pocket up top. What else should I look at?

 

[shaky6]

Not a single hatch by day 24