How exciting! My first question would be where do you live (is it super humid there or desert) and what are you incubating? If they are chicken eggs, then you are looking at hatch day, after 21 days. I like to stop turning eggs 3 days prior but I don’t up the lockdown humidity until 2 days prior to hatch. My humidity for the first 19 days is at or near 40%. Once I start lockdown I generally shoot for 65-70% humidity.I have a question about humidity. This is my first time incubating eggs. I’m incubating eggs and they are at day 16 what should my humidity be at this stage? &
At what day do I remove the egg turner rack? Is picking them up after this stage risky?
Thank you
I live in California in the Central Valley.How exciting! My first question would be where do you live (is it super humid there or desert) and what are you incubating? If they are chicken eggs, then you are looking at hatch day, after 21 days. I like to stop turning eggs 3 days prior but I don’t up the lockdown humidity until 2 days prior to hatch. My humidity for the first 19 days is at or near 40%. Once I start lockdown I generally shoot for 65-70% humidity.
It is advisable to handle the eggs as little as possible, but mainly because it’s so easy to accidentally drop them and that just sucks. However, that being said, I generally candle them every few nights until they have externally pipped just to make sure they are still alive and to anticipate when they will hatch.
Good luck!! Hatching eggs is a great way to get baby chickens but it can also be somewhat stressful!
Humidity here is 57% right now
I really hope this works out for you!!
Some of the eggs I can not see throat all anymore is that a good sign or a bad sign?
thats a good sign, that means the chick is developing inside and is taking up more room in the egg. I would also check for movement, also as long as your humidity is around 50 you should be alright, although when they start hatching you will need to increase the humidity
