Chicks in the incubator appear to be too hot!

[Stella2020]

Thank you for all the great advice! Also, I thought it only fair to provide an update with almost all my sweet babies!!

 

[Shezadandy]

Thank you for all the great advice! Also, I thought it only fair to provide an update with almost all my sweet babies!! View attachment 2195578

I want to scoop them all up!!!

I've limited myself to mostly broody hen hatches, though I use my incubator often for the first 16 days before the hen is separated from the flock and introduced to her hatching crate. I like to let them have their freedom to go on and off the nest as they please until they're into their own lockdown phase. Can't leave hatching eggs in the coop because there are too many comings and goings and sometimes eggs are broken - or the broody switches nests and so on. If it's a first-timer and I don't want to be up all night making sure she's going to accept her new role, I'll hatch the first couple in the incubator and introduce them under controlled circumstances, then give her the remaining eggs back if all is well. So, I'm a frequent violator of lockdown convention. My favorites are the reliable broodies where I just check in in the morning and see if anyone hatched.

Thermometer wise, I use an Acu-Rite.

https://www.amazon.com/AcuRite-Humi...garden&sprefix=accurite,lawngarden,224&sr=1-2