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  1. Waddle

    I wasn't ready for the hatch... now what?

    With 19 little fluffy bottom chicks in the brooder together I can't tell who is who and which ones are eating or not. I am so glad to know that it's okay to open the incubator during hatches though. I can't imagine if I had left all of them in there together how full it would have been. There...
  2. Waddle

    I wasn't ready for the hatch... now what?

    Great update: So far 6 of the 23 are out and several more eggs are cracking open. I'm so glad this incubating situation isn't quite as delicate as I had thought. What are the pros and cons of leaving them in the incubator a day vs moving them to the brooder immediately?
  3. Waddle

    I wasn't ready for the hatch... now what?

    Oh, thank you so much. I feel much better knowing that opening the lid doesn't immediately dry them up and kill them.
  4. Waddle

    I wasn't ready for the hatch... now what?

    I messed up on my first time trying to use an incubator. I was supposed to stop turning last night and start the "lockdown" but I was thinking it was tonight. So I tilted my Brinsea Octagon 20 last night and planned to refill the water reservoirs today. But a chick hatched in the night with...
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