Can I move to brooder?

[LeahBrisa]

This little one had a bit of a rough hatch. Ended up assisting after 48+hrs post-pip but he's doing so great! Is this fluffed up enough to take him to brooder? It's been about 18hrs since hatching.
Also there are different aged chicks (from a couple days to a couple weeks older) and I don't want them to bully him since he's going to be weaker and younger than the others. But the incubator is getting stinky from the earlier chicks' droppings, so I feel like he needs fresh air asap. Thoughts?

 

[mcdze]

i put them in the brooder wet .. i think they do much better out of the blowing air in an incubator, the only consideration is how the incubator reacts to being opened, if its quick, its not a problem, way i see it .. deoends on how many to id say, if your hatching 50, might not want to be opening the bator 50 times, so use your judgment ...

 

[Obsessed With Silkies]

If he's mostly wet, I'd wait a little longer because you don't want them to chill coming from a warm incubator. I guess that would depend if you had a heat lamp or brooder plate and the brooder location. He wouldn't need much longer to dry off.

 

[The Moonshiner]

Maybe just me but I'd be weary of putting it with 2 week old chicks.
I think It'd be fine to leave in the incubator for several more hours.