JessicaDotta
Songster
- Oct 27, 2020
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Today is day 18 - lockdown day. I've had it marked on my day-planner since I put the eggs in the incubator.
I was saving lock-down until dark, so I could candle my eggs, draw out the air sac. I planned on putting slip-resistant drawer lining in the bottom of the incubator and lining up the eggs in a way that would allow me the best hatching view.
Then, around 5 pm, I heard this loud cheeping. I thought it was a bird outside. Eventually, I realized that sound was coming from my incubator. This little chicken hatched early on day 18 . . . .
I snatched the egg turner out ASAP, so it wouldn't injure the chick. Is it risky to still lock down my eggs the way I wanted to? I really do need to add more water. Or should I just add some water and hope no one else has pipped?
(My humidity says it's at 70 right now, but it goes from 60 to 20 overnight, and I add another squirt of water in the morning. For lock down, I was going to add enough for four days.)
I was saving lock-down until dark, so I could candle my eggs, draw out the air sac. I planned on putting slip-resistant drawer lining in the bottom of the incubator and lining up the eggs in a way that would allow me the best hatching view.
Then, around 5 pm, I heard this loud cheeping. I thought it was a bird outside. Eventually, I realized that sound was coming from my incubator. This little chicken hatched early on day 18 . . . .
I snatched the egg turner out ASAP, so it wouldn't injure the chick. Is it risky to still lock down my eggs the way I wanted to? I really do need to add more water. Or should I just add some water and hope no one else has pipped?
(My humidity says it's at 70 right now, but it goes from 60 to 20 overnight, and I add another squirt of water in the morning. For lock down, I was going to add enough for four days.)