when to remove eggs from egg turner?

[Teresaann24]

Iv heard its on day 18? also should i just take them out of the turner and lay them on a soft towel? Also after I remove them from the egg turner on day 18 should i still turn them or leave them be?

 

[Katy]

You should take them out of the turner late on day 18. Don't turn them after that. I set mine in an egg carton to hatch, but you can also lay them on their sides. I have better hatch rates using the egg cartons.

 

[Tuffoldhen]

Exactly like Katy says...I don't hatch in egg cartons tho, I just lay mine flat on the wire to hatch out...we both get good results either way....her doing the carton, me without the carton.....

 

[Teresaann24]

thanks everyone i thought it was day 18!

 

[chickn]

we just unplug the turner and let them hatch in it.

 

[Teresaann24]

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I havent tried the egg carton yet! when I start to hatch myself I will be doing the egg carton. A friend of mine is who is hatching some of my eggs in a incubator I'm guessing she will just sit them in the bottom of the incubator late on day 18.

 

[Teresaann24]

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Yeah when i called my friend who has hatched dozens and dozens of eggs. She told me she lets them hatch in the egg turner.

 

[MaransGuy]

I kept forgetting to stop turning all summer, or miscalculated the hatch date, and had so many chicks pip and even hatch while the turner was still going!