Wiggling eggs!

[sharingchickens]

I have 2 days left on my incubator and the eggs are wiggling! What happens if they hatch while I am sleeping, or out of the house?? Should I be getting up at night and checking on them at this point?

 

[subhanalah]

As long as they're not in an egg turner, they should be fine. You may want to open your vents before you go to work, them hatching causes a LOT of moisture to be released into the incubator.

They can stay in the incubator for a couple days after hatch, so as long as you aren't going to be gone for over a day, the babies should be fine. The first hatchers will help encourage those still in the eggs.

 

[sharingchickens]

Thank you so much! The turner was set to turn off during the night tonight, so I went ahead and turned it off now just in case.

 

[subhanalah]

If you can, I would take them out of the Turner and lay the eggs on their sides. The Turner can get their legs stuck in it. (if you have the kind I'm envisioning.)