Don't worry about it. They can be moved during the first few days with no problem. Think about how mom "gathers" them up after laying. The all get rolled around until they finally dry a bit and stick together. I've read stories where Ralph Davis is holding eggs under running water, and Dave Barker mentions times where eggs were dropped on the floor and all hatched fine. I even remember one guy purposfully rotating a batch of retic eggs every few days throughout incubation and not really getting a significantly lower hatch rate.



I think the fragility of eggs is a bit of a myth. They're tougher than people think.



From you post, I can see your biggest problem will be having the restraint to just leave them alone. My first clutch had a few deaths and a few "weirdos" due to the fact that I was in there mucking around in the incubator ever day....Now repeat after me.....



"I will not mess with my eggs....I wil not mess with my eggs....."

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