Adding new fertile eggs to my incubator that already has 2 due in 2 weeks

[Ggsnonie]

Hello I have two duck eggs doing well and are do to hatch on November 11th i was recently given 4 more I put them in a different incubator and 2 have heartbeats the others have nothing so far the incubator they're in isn't working right can I add them to the other incubator so then I'd have 2 due Nov11th and two due around thanksgiving is that harmful to do to the older baby's

 

[Tlmcq]

It can be done, but do you use separate incubator for hatching/lockdown? Problem is you still will have to turn the other eggs when others go into lockdown and once lockdown starts incubator should not be opened at all. It will cause a drop in temp and humidity needed for hatching if you open to turn other eggs

 

[Ggsnonie]

That was the plan still is I'm replacing the one that's not working right

 

[Lazy Farmer]

contamination can occur during staggered batches.

 

[Ggsnonie]

Thank you for the info I'll just keep them separate and get a new incubator asap