A Staggered Hatch

champers44

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Feb 15, 2016
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Ok, so I put some eggs on lockdown this morning and now it is day 19. I am starting to get really excited for the first batch to hatch, but I was looking up some information about when to take the chicks out of the incubator. The problem is I have two eggs that are 4-5 days behind the original group. When the eggs start piping, I just learned that if I open the incubator then the membrane will wrap around them and they will suffocate. Is it ok to quit turning these two eggs and just put them on lockdown early?

I am also having a problem with my humidity. What factors can affect this? I put two warm sponges in there this morning and the humidity was at a stable 65-70%, but when I got home today, it had sky rocketed. Is there anything that could of caused this? Like the temperature in the house or the weather outside?
 
Well it might not effect the humidity but I would say it might be ventilation of ur incubator could the temps have gone up and ur thermometer be off as that might have a big inpact on the humidity and I to have just put eggs on lockdown this morning with eggs about 4-5 days behind the rest and would also know about that? Hope this helps
 

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