Need advice about switching incubators on day 10 ASAP

Helens_Hens

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So back story I've had dozens of successful batches with about a 98% hatch rate average. But I haven't hatched in about a year and decided to buy serama eggs on a whim because ya know, chicken math 🤷‍♀️
Well my incubator has been setting for that year and I had it set up and ready when I picked up the eggs. Thought all was well but every day since has been a constant nerve wracking struggle with the temperature dropping down to 97 and shooting up to 101. I have been keeping a careful eye on them try to keep the ambient temp in the room good as well as humidity.
I candled on day 7 and I have 10 very live and active seramas and 4 were infertile. So to my shock these babies are thriving in the worst conditions so they are some miracle babies!
Here's the deal, I'm exhausted I barely sleep now cz I'm up checking on the eggs like a first time mother to a newborn baby. So I got another incubator a NR360
It's hooked up and temp is so steady it's a beautiful thing. Can I switch them to the new incubator now? It's day 10. I wouldn't hesitate doing so if it wasn't for the egg turner one is upright and one is side roll. Is it too dangerous to switch them to side roll? I've included pics below of the incubators.
 

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My thoughts exactly. It has more temp drops than anything also the incubator has cold spots and hit spots in it. I had 5 thermometers in it placed in different areas and all said something different but take them out and they are all reading the same temp.
Thank you!
 
Update I did switch incubators and all eggs are doing fine. I do have some concerns 1 or 2 of the serama eggs have a lot more fluid and are not growing as fast as the others. Some almost have no room to move.
What should I do? Should I be concerned?
 
Update I did switch incubators and all eggs are doing fine. I do have some concerns 1 or 2 of the serama eggs have a lot more fluid and are not growing as fast as the others. Some almost have no room to move.
What should I do? Should I be concerned?
Thanks for the update! Did you put all of the eggs in the same day?
 
Update I did switch incubators and all eggs are doing fine. I do have some concerns 1 or 2 of the serama eggs have a lot more fluid and are not growing as fast as the others. Some almost have no room to move.
What should I do? Should I be concerned?
They should all stabilize to closer the same as they grow now. I hatch a lot and there's always one or two I wonder about but they make it.
 
Temp differences from various points in your old incubator caused colder eggs to develop more slowly, they may hatch a day or three later so be patient during lockdown. Also rotate your eggs between the inner and the outer row every couple days on the new incubator to help equalize temp and development rate within the new incubator.
 

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