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It's Day 20. When I went on lockdown I had 22 eggs with chicks. So far about 7 eggs that move around alot and no pips yet. I can hear faint peeps. This is my first hatch, so am I ok still? I keep seeing all of you with pips on day 20. The suspense is killing me
I covered my incubator all with foam insulation last night. The temp stayed at 100 degrees all night long. I can honestly say my incubator looks like some sort of space craft though. Take a look for yourself:I find that my Hova temps would go up at night- the reason was the metal arm for the wafer thermostat, which transferred cold from the night air to the wafer, making the heat kick on and go too high. The way I solved that was to cover the top with a hand towel at night.
Night temps shouldn't go down that much in your bator. In fact, I would be a bit concerned if they go below 98* and stay like that for hours. Maybe you should throw a towel over yours, just don't cover all the intake air holes.
I've never stacked eggs like this before but I was assured by others who do it that it works just fine. So far, it's working pretty well. It was either that or get out my second incubator, something I wanted to avoid.
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I covered my incubator all with foam insulation last night. The temp stayed at 100 degrees all night long. I can honestly say my incubator looks like some sort of space craft though. Take a look for yourself:
I haven't done a hatch like this in ages so I'm in! I set eggs late on Feb 11 and added a few by noon on Feb. 12, so Feb. 12 is my Day One, too. All are from my own flocks, none shipped.
Total of 55 eggs in the Hovabator:
There are show type Barred Plymouth Rocks, Delawares, Blue x Buff Orpingtons, BR x EE, Delaweggers (Del x EE), Belgian D'Anvers ( Mille Fleur and Porcelain x Mille Fleur colors), Plus Belgian D'Anver x Lavender Cochin