Wynette, Walt will correct me if I'm wrong but I think what he might have been getting at is that there is really no such thing as "lockdown". Hens don't change much about the way they do things in the last 3 days, yet when incubating we treat that time period as though it is something different altogether. I've heard that hens don't get off the nest as much at the end, but as I can't spend 24/7 at my coop (much as I'd love to), I have no way of knowing if that is true or not. But their ability to raise the humidity 30% and lower the temperature by a degree is far more limited so it probably doesn't happen.Walt, you posted as I was typing...I'm a slow typer. Yup, yup! What is the correct term for "lockdown"?![]()