Hatching buddy needed asap - Anyone in lockdown????

[Gypsy07]

Oh gosh, I'm not sure what's best to do here. I know what you mean though. I always worry about the early hatched chicks staying all soggy when there are still unhatched eggs in my bator and high humidity levels. My last two hatches I've been bothered with LOW humidity though, so I'm afraid I don't have any practical advice or experience to pass on to you. I suppose that being damp for a while probably won't harm the new chicks as long as the temps are still high and they're not going to get cold? But if you lower the humidity it could prove disastrous for your unhatched chicks. I'd guess at keeping the humidity high!

Anyone else know for sure???

 

[bargain]

How are you all doing? Looks like we've gone from 1 to 10 in 28 hours. We have delawares out, at least one wheatan marans, one welsummers and several more pips but those that hatches are really bamming into the others It's a riot! A big Praise The Lord so far on the hatches and waiting,hoping and praying for more!

 

[Gypsy07]

Pics please! I want to see them all!

Nothing's happening with me yet but I'm not expecting any action till tomorrow night at the earliest.
Temp sitting steady at 99, humidity pushed right up to 80%, vents wide open, everything looking good.

 

[bargain]

Oh I will post photos as soon as they all hatch!!!! Looks like it's going through the day.....!!!!!

 

[kjhowe77]

I have 1 egg pipping out of 10, it's been that way since this morning. I keeping giving it a pep talk and can hear it peeping back at me. I just wish they would hurry up and hatch!

 

[ra]

I have two styrafoam Havo bators going right now! One is hatching c. quail as we speak the other has 10 serama eggs in lockdown! I love my styrafoam bators they have been a blessing!
Can you take out vent plugs on the top of yours?
Have a blessed day all!

 

[nicoletm24]

mine are on day 19...and last hatch they all batched 19-20......and i have no pips nothing!!! ugh. i'm stressed outa my mind!

 

[zazouse]

I have keets in the hatcher

 

[katheria]

welp i got three chicks so far!
3 more eggs are pipped...

2 nothing so far. gonna give them time....

these guys are HUGE! how they came out of the shell i dont know...the are a buff redish color......

these are pullet eggs

they are a cross of Buff Orp Roo x Red sex link and Rir hen....

Mr roo had to go bye bye today....city finally caught on...he started crowing the last few days.....i hate living on a corner lot next door to a school.............lets just put it this way..i haven't been able to have a dog in a long time..........

he went to a very very nice farm about 20 miles from me....with about 80 hens with one roo there....

Hes gonna have a blast LOL..............

atleast i have some of his babies!!!!!!!!

 

[Lagerdogger]

Sorry to jump into your thread with such ignorance, but I just ordered my first incubator, and am not sure what lockdown is. Is that just a term for the last few days when you quit turning the eggs? Apparently you don't want to open the incubator at this time? How long should the chicks and poults stay in the incubator?

I hoping to do a brood of golden-laced wyandottes and some standard bronze and red bronze turkeys.