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I did a warm damp towel over the opening that I would lift aside... broke down and took out the 14 that were in there. :) then I crumpled up the warm damp towel and put it on the bottom of the 'bator.

How do you prevent excess moisture loss? any tips on that? last time I did the more hand's on 4 little ones got shrink wrapped. :( I got them out safely but still... I'm now very worried about that too.

I've been reading so much that people's hatch rates are better with lockdown... I'm so torn. I want better hatch rates but I don't like all the extra shells and movement in there. I mean, Momma Hen takes out the shells and also sits on them so they're not so rambunctious.

so I want to wait until tonight to take out the hatched chicks... but that will be in the 48 hr range. It feels like a long time for the first little one to be in the hatcher. will it be okay? I know they say 24-72 hours after hatch they're fine without food and water but that's a huge...