Day 18 home bator first try (PLEAse Help!) page 2 -2 died

[tiki244]

March 1st at almost 1 am!!!! I am so excited ! My very first!!! In my homemade incubator!!!!! Come on Baby! Dont stop now!!!

 

[4-H chicken mom]

Congratulations. It is such a good feeling. I want to see pics. Come on chickies.

 

[tiki244]

What a wonderful buff brahma and white leghorn when I acame home and the next minute they are both dead too hot!!!! I am very sad what is the temp supposed to be when hatching???

I cant believe this !!

 

[tiki244]

The Brahma was so cute and fluffy and now its gone just like that!!!

they were panting but all I remember is people saying to leave them in there for a while after they hatch. I didnt know!!!

OK I still have some eggs in there due to hatch---what temp should it be at---why were they so hot???

 

[Berynn]

Yes leave them in the bater until they are fully fluffed and dried. Do not try to dry them your self.

 

[Berynn]

The temp is supposed to be at 99.5 and the vent plugs should be pulled, they need oxygen, and humidity should be between 65 and 70%

 

[hypnofrogstevie]

tiki i am so sorry

temp needs to be at 99.5-100F

humidity should be 70%

 

[lannabun]

my temps are 99.5 no higher and not lower . after a yr of hatching (i cant seem to stop) sometimes i leave till all dried and sometimes hard to when i have a big hatch they seem to never dry .. in your case it sounds like they dried kinda fast .. soon as looked like they was there i would have taken out .. but you wasnt home ? humm that would have been a hard one which id ask how long you think they was ahtched befor you found them ?

 

[lannabun]

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hummm in my case my brooder box is nice and if thier not all way dry they still seem to dry fast in it .. if i have a big hatch the humdity is up so much it stays damp in there and 24 hours latter chicks wouldnt still be dry .. im sorry 24 hours a chick needs water and dont need to bake in there .. so i take min out as i feel its time ..
the bigest thing is to each thier own and what works for one might not anothere .. were here to suggest ..help ful ways ..

 

[tiki244]

only 3 hours i was gone--i came home they were alive and fluffy but a little wet and they were panting-- i didnt know they were that hot-- 10 min later i go in they are both dead


I never did this before---I thought i read that people leave them in there for a long time after they hatch! I feel so bad That brahma was so cute my first chicks and I kill them right away