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  1. Shezadandy

    Chicks in the incubator appear to be too hot!

    I want to scoop them all up!!! I've limited myself to mostly broody hen hatches, though I use my incubator often for the first 16 days before the hen is separated from the flock and introduced to her hatching crate. I like to let them have their freedom to go on and off the nest as they...
  2. Shezadandy

    Chicks in the incubator appear to be too hot!

    This is where having that second thermometer (some of us even use 2 depending on the size of the incubator) is so important. High humidity during hatch - some use a glass of water with sponge strips sticking up to increase the humidity. Heat being too high is more problematic than a little...
  3. Shezadandy

    Chicks in the incubator appear to be too hot!

    Depending on your incubator, you could open a couple vents and see if that helps, or dial it back a degree or two and see if that helps. I'm far from a "purist" on the incubator remaining closed til the last baby hatches... I wait until they are dry and there are a couple/three them before...
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