Hi my name is JoAnne from Michigan

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JoAnne McCleery

JoAnne McCleery

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Jun 2, 2016
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Munith, MIchigan
I am new to the incubation and have been watching video upon video on how to incubate.. My question is how many eggs should I put in one incubator at a time I have a total of 40 eggs ready to hatch on 6/7/16 should I move a few to give them room to hatch?
 
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Try posting in the "Incubating and Hatching Eggs" section
 
Hello and welcome to BYC!

Definitely post in our Incubating Eggs forums for a lot more help. However I would put as many eggs in an incubator as it is designed for. You can move them to a hatcher at lock down, however once they start hatching out, I wouldn't remove any chicks or open the lid until the process is finished. The high humidity that you want to create at hatching needs to remain inside the incubator for a good hatch and when you open the lid you let this humidity out.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/f/5/incubating-hatching-eggs

Good luck with your hatch and we do welcome you to our flock! :)
 
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Hi Jo Anne and welcome to BYC. In addition to the forum mentioned, you may also wish to join the "hatch-a-long" forum.

You'll find lots of info in the Learning Centre
https://www.backyardchickens.com/atype/1/Learning_Center, and if you have a specific topic in mind, just type it in the search box - there's a wealth of information on past and present threads.

All the best
CT
 
Hi :welcome JoAnne

Glad you could join us here! I'm generally not one who opens the incubator when hatch is going on but if I feel the incubator is full of already hatched chicks and they are dry and fluffy I will quickly pop the lid and move those to the brooder. Opening can cause a drop in humidity which could shrink wrap unhatched pipped eggs but it's only a risk. There is no way to tell for sure this would or would not happen.

Good luck with your hatch and please do pop by the incubating section.

Enjoy your time here on BYC :frow
 
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