April 2020 Hatch-A-Long! All are welcome!

[BuckeyeFoodie]

Hello i made a seperate thread on this but got no responses so I decided to post here I joined the hatch-along earlier this week and my chicks were due to hatch this Sunday or Monday but upon opening the incubator this evening to place them into lockdown wouldn’t you know it a NH chick had already externally pipped..we panicked and shut it immediately but then decided to open it again to detach the turner and take out the partition between that row of eggs and another row. The humidity is the same it’s always been..43-50 % (our hydrometers are crap so it’s pretty random) now I know that’s a bit low for hatching so should we risk opening the incubator again to add more humidity. If so how should I do that? I have a janoel 12 incubator and for that you just pour water in the bottom of the incubator and hope for the best I’m sorry this is already so long but I’m worried that I just shrink wrapped this chick. Our hatch is quite staggered so this egg and another egg were supposed to hatch on Monday I believe. Any info or advice would be greatly appreciated, I know I didn’t ask a particular question...stay safe everyone!

-FluffyBottomBantams
(Currently spazzing a bit)

OK, so a little more info needed - how staggered is your hatch expected to be?

 

[FluffyBottomBantams]

Sorry, two are in lockdown today, two on Sunday, two on Tuesday.

 

[KateGoad]

Lockdown Set, egg cam Rolling, one egg jiggling.

 

[BuckeyeFoodie]

Sorry, two are in lockdown today, two on Sunday, two on Tuesday.

So they are due to hatch those days, or they are day 18 for lockdown those days?

 

[FluffyBottomBantams]

They were scheduled to be put into lockdown one those three days, on day 19

 

[FluffyBottomBantams]

I believe we have the same incubator! How is yours working for you?

Lockdown Set, egg cam Rolling, one egg jiggling.

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[smfarman]

Will do! They are technically a Sapphire Gem/Lavender Orpington cross. The person I bought them from wanted to keep the Coloring where Sapphire Gems don't breed true.

I have some similar, they are Plymouth Blue Rocks where they area blue Andalusia crossed with a Plymouth Barred rock. I just love that coloring, thank you

 

[BuckeyeFoodie]

They were scheduled to be put into lockdown one those three days, on day 19

OK, in that case I personally wouldn't raise the humidity.

 

[FluffyBottomBantams]

Is that high enough humidity to keep the membrane from drying? Is putting an egg into lockdown nearly a week before it hatches too early?

 

[SongBird1798]

I have similar questions about humidity, but in general.

What say you?

I was thinking 65-70 for mine when they go on lockdown.