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    HELP: Do I take them out yet?

    Sorry for the dramatic headline, but I really need experienced opinions. Here's the deal. I hatch eggs in my classroom as part of a project on the importance of biodiversity. Two Icelandic eggs hatched Wednesday morning around 8:00 AM. Most of the others have hatched Wednesday night/...
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    Egg in puddle, Is this bad?

    Today is day 20/21 (I never know if day 1 is the day set, or 24 hours after) I added water to increase the humidity, and I just noticed an egg in the corner was slightly submerged in a puddle where the screen bent down some. I moved the egg, and there is a noticeable swet spot on the lower end...
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    humidity question

    OK, I'm totally confused. I used the info from the backyard chickens "How to" page: https://www.backyardchickens.com/LC-hatch.html It states: "You want 50% humidity for day 1-18, then 70-80% for the last few days." I've had it at about 70-72%. I'm expecting them to start pipping tomorrow...
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    Icelandic Chickens

    Thank you for the welcome. Here are some pictures:
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    Icelandic Chickens

    Hi everyone. My name is Cat and I am from NH. We've had chickens for a couple of years now, but we just got Icelandics a couple of months ago. I had my 8th grade class hatch these guys to learn more about biodiversity. We got the eggs from Lisa Richards from Mack Hill Farm. Here's a video...
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    Icelandic Hatch complete! Broody Pics too!

    I'm teaching my students about genetic diversity, so I got some Icelandic eggs from someone local. They hatched today! How exciting So far 4 have hatched and a bunch more have pipped. I can't wait until tomorrow morning to find out how many more have hatched. Congrats on your cuties.
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    ~~~~~Post Your EE, Ameraucana, and Araucauna Pics HERE~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    The two chicks on the left are from an EE hen and a SLWyandotte roo. The one on the bottom has little muffs, although you can't really see it here. These guys were from a genetics project I did with my students. They got a kick out of trying to figure out which characteristics came from which...
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    90% humidity Day 20..... Is that Bad?

    I think I know what happened. I went to slowly move the incubator off my classroom floor and up on my lab table (I wanted it out of view while they were developing) it seems that I must have spilled water into a section next to the well that have vent holes. Well the water suctioned the bottome...
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    90% humidity Day 20..... Is that Bad?

    I agree I would lower it. don't know what kind of bator you're using but if you need to you can add water or take it out by using a straw with a nasal aspirator thought the vent holes. Thank You! That is exactly what I was wondering. I couldn't think of how to remove some water from the wells.
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    90% humidity Day 20..... Is that Bad?

    are your plugs out of the bator? what kind are you using? Id stick to 75-80%-thats what Ive been told a bazillion times Yep the plugs are out, they were the red rubber kind. That is what I was aiming for too. It was at %85 yesterday and I cam in today to see it around 90. I hope these are ok.
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    90% humidity Day 20..... Is that Bad?

    I have my bator on "lockdown" and I just noticed the humidity increased to 90%+/- a few. Is that too high? I read somewhere that high humidity could drown them essentially killing the hatching chicks. Any advice or maybe someone who had this in the past? I live in NH so it is not that humid...
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    Please help?, yolk sac coming out?

    I came into my classroom this morning to find 4 more chicks had hatched over night. One has a long slimy membrane coming out of belly (I'm assuming it's the yolk sac) It's pretty long and trails between its legs. There seems to be egg shell attached at the very end. Anyone with Experience...
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    Help, unsure about little hatched chick

    Thank you so much everyone. I feel a lot better. He'll only be lonely tonight. HOpefully the other chicks who had pipped today are on their way to being hatched. My students really loved it today. I set up a camera to my projector so everyone could see (and so I wouldn't have a crowd of 14...
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    Help, unsure about little hatched chick

    Thanks for the clarification on the water. I was getting confused with reading different information. He actually seems to be getting better. He was cheeping like crazy when I just picked him up to try to get him some more water.
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    Help, unsure about little hatched chick

    OK, so the firs chick in the incubator in my classroom hatched this morning. I know that it can should stay in the incubator for 24, but I had to take the chick out into a brooder early. He kept on climbing on top of eggs and getting very close to the heating element and even got stuck once...
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