In the Last days I moved incubator a bit and eggs rolled all together and touching should I open the incubator to separate them?

[lwellsa]

On day 23 I moved my incubator and the eggs rolled together touching. Should I open incubator and separate them quickly so they have ventilation and room to hatch?

 

[SilverBirds]

I'd just leave them be for now. What species are your hatching?

 

[lwellsa]

I'd just leave them be for now. What species are your hatching?

Chickens but I don't know the particular type. We have some brown, yellowish and blue eggs. It was from a nearby ranch

 

[SilverBirds]

Chickens but I don't know the particular type. We have some brown, yellowish and blue eggs. It was from a nearby ranch

At 23 days they're overdo to hatch. Have you had any hatch or pip already? Are you using a separate calibrated thermometer/hygrometer to check the temp and humidity? I would briefly candle and see if you can spot movement or active veining in the eggs. Feel free to post pictures if you aren't sure what you're looking at.

 

[Ridgerunner]

Hi, welcome to the forum! Glad you joined!

On day 23 I moved my incubator and the eggs rolled together touching. Should I open incubator and separate them quickly so they have ventilation and room to hatch?

No. When they are in a nest under a broody hen they are touching. They are fine touching.

It is not that unusual for eggs to hatch a day or two early or late. There can be different reasons for that. Heredity, humidity, how and how long they were stored before incubation started, and average incubating temperature. Personally I'd leave them alone for another day or two. Candling or handling them will not help them hatch. When you are ready to give up on the hatch, Day 24 or 25, you can candle them to make yourself sure they are not going to hatch. Leaving them alone unless you see something you need to fix will not hurt them. I find the more I needlessly interfere the more problems I cause.

 

[lwellsa]

At 23 days they're overdo to hatch. Have you had any hatch or pip already? Are you using a separate calibrated thermometer/hygrometer to check the temp and humidity? I would briefly candle and see if you can spot movement or active veining in the eggs. Feel free to post pictures if you aren't sure what you're looking at.

Yes we are hoping they are just late as the first two days the heat was a bit low. We are using the incubators numbers only. We did candle on day 15 and many look like they grew. I guess we will know in the next two days. 4 are moving.