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[TamiHunter]

Today is day 22 for this hatch and 3 out of the 6 have hatched today.

My question is: How long do I wait for the other 3 that haven't hatched yet? The 3 that are here now are doing great. Do I wait another day or 2 to see what happens, or do I assume the worse?

 

[Laurelm]

I usually wait until about day 24. You never know some can get behind schedule for one reason or another. You can quickly remove the other chicks once fluffy.

 

[TamiHunter]

I'm just worried about the humidity if I open the bator. So the eggs should be ok if I quickly remove the chicks?

 

[k2chickens]

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just get a luke warm spray bottle of water and once the chicks have been collected....hit the inside of you bator with 2 or 3 mist's of water. Close the top and watch your humidity hit the 70's in seconds. As far as shutting it off, day 24 is when i cut the power. Do you have any other pip's??

 

[taraann81]

Yes it will be fine. Just do one grab a day! Open remove fluffy chicks and then close. Wait for the next day(24hrs or so later) open remove fluffies and close...and so on.

 

[TamiHunter]

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just get a luke warm spray bottle of water and once the chicks have been collected....hit the inside of you bator with 2 or 3 mist's of water. Close the top and watch your humidity hit the 70's in seconds. As far as shutting it off, day 24 is when i cut the power. Do you have any other pip's??

Not that I can see.

 

[kathyinmo]

Read post # 37 on this thread .... amazing!

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=266636&p=1

 

[TamiHunter]

Ok...thanks..

 

[Wildsky]

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Sound be fine, you can have a hot wet paper towel handy and scrunch that up and pop it into a corner or something.

Make sure the room the bator is in is nice and warm, you don't want cold air rushing in either.

 

[kathyinmo]

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ha ha ha ... I thought you would like that!