Adding New Eggs to Already-In-Use Incubator?

[Huny]

Hello everyone, I have about 20 eggs in a hovabator that I set a week ago. I want to add 20 more eggs today, but worried about the tempurature dropping? Is there a special way to go about? I am planning on using a Hatcher for the last three days of both of these guys because of changes in humidity and turning.

Any and all help is appreciated!

 

[Huny]

Anyone ever do this before? Please?

 

[Buck Creek Chickens]

Make sure you can tell the two apart I use pencil and date them, they must be a least 3 days apart 5 is better for hatching. place them in a fast as you can. I do it when i have to add water since i'm opening the 'bator anyway

 

[Huny]

Will the lower temp of the new eggs bring down the temp in the incubator? I don't want to kill my babies already in there.

 

[jvls1942]

just plan the hatches so that you do not have to take any out when there are some on the last 3 days.

I agree, no less than 5 days between hatches..

 

[Buck Creek Chickens]

No you should be fine rember a mama hen will get off her eggs for up to 1/2 hour. a small cool down will do no harm

 

[Huny]

So these will be 7 or 8 days apart. Would it hurt to up the humidity for those three days if I left all of them in there, or do I definitely need to hatch in a seperate hatcher?

 

[chickn]

i do it all the time, with no problems at all, i write the hatch date on the eggs so i know who is who, i sometimes hatch right in the turner if i am around to remove them right away, i also have a seperate incubator i set up and place them in there on hatch day.

 

[BamaChicken]

I just took some hens off of eggs, Candled them and to see which ones were growing and made the transfer to a hovabator with a turner and it took me a little over 30 mins with them just sitting in eggs cartons. I had five hatch the next day. I still have a doz in the bator.