I am hatching our first set of eggs as a family in our bator I noticed A piece of paint fell from the top guessing the humidity made the ol bator lose a flack its in my paper cup the chicks will be born in (not a cup cup napkins folded at corners) Can I open the bator real fast and remove it before the wet chick finishes his zipping so he isnt laying on it? thanks for the response if I get any this time around
if you opened the bator real quick I dont think it would do any harm. If you really want to you can spray some warm mist in the bator to keep them humidity high.
I have never done that, but I would think that it should be ok to just ever so very quickly (and carefully) remove the paint chip. Best of luck on your hatch!
I wouldn't risk it if I were you. You could cause that chick to have trouble zipping, and could cause shrink wrapping in all chicks. Unless the paint is definitely poisonous, or sharp that the chick might cut itself on, I wouldn't risk the well being of all the chicks, just over something that might not matter anyway. I just had probably 50 percent hatch of full term chicks, because I had to open the bator(they were someone else's chicks, and I was following their directions, getting chicks out, etc) Hope your hatch goes well. Carrie
