I am now up to 8 chickie babies. It is completely stressful. When the latest one was popping out another fell on it's head! Humidity is reading 70% and with this cooler weather I feel like they will never dry out!
Here is a link to the incubator I bought.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/EGG-INCUBATOR-CHICKEN-INCUBATOR-POULTRY-HATCHER-REPTILE-INCUBATOR-SMALL-CANDLER-/321005408214?pt=UK_Pet_Supplies_Poultry&hash=item4abd69cfd6
This is the UK version, as it is 220v. It is forced air and has a thermostat on top...
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Thanks Conchis! Just to clarify. I do not have the Brinsea, but a sort of foreign knock off version. I can send you a link to it if you like. I bought it off of Ebay.
I am on day 19.
Overnight I had 6 chicks hatch out and this morning the incubator is overflowing with babies that are stumbling over one another and over the unhatched eggs. I am afraid someone is going to get stabbed with a sharp toe nail.
However, they are not dry.
I under estimated how...