Hatching eggs out side an incubator?

[Sylviaanne]

I have two little giant incubators, and I use one for a hatching box. I have never had a staggered hatch in just one incubator. When the humidity gets too high I remove one of the plugs until it is back to around 60%. It sounds like Egghead_Jr has some good advice for your situation. Keep us posted.

All plugs are out. If I had planned for a staggered hatch, I would have planned better. LOL I just wasn't thinking when I put them all in together. Now, I also have 2 orphaned eggs and I don't know when they are due. I left that up to their mother but a predator got her last night.

 

[AmericanMom]

I have 28 guinea and 9 chicken eggs in a fan incubator on an egg turner. I didn't realize there were different lengths of hatching time when I put them on together. Today is day 18, lockdown day for the chicken eggs. I have read about eggs hatching on the egg turner but would rather not do that. I have 2 options:

1. I have more eggs in my still air incubator that I am not using an egg turner in. They have been in the incubator 3 days. If I put the chicken eggs in with these, will the hatching chicks do them any damage?

2.

If anyone has any other suggestions I'm willing to listen. Thanks, SylviaI have no more incubators but I have read where someone tried putting the eggs on a towel in a box under a heat lamp. I could try this. I could put a jar with a sponge in it for the humidity and I have one of those temp/humidity meters that I could monitor with.

I did this...last three days of incubation and it worked!! When they internally pipped I moved the whole operation to the bathroom and got the humidity up around 60%.. I used the hot shower and then maintained it with a humidifier..









I got 3/4 hatched, the fourth pipped the wrong end and died.

 

[AmericanMom]

BTW... Until they internally piped I had no more humidity than was in my living room, I didn't even monitor it

 

[Sylviaanne]

I did this...last three days of incubation and it worked!! When they internally pipped I moved the whole operation to the bathroom and got the humidity up around 60%.. I used the hot shower and then maintained it with a humidifier..









I got 3/4 hatched, the fourth pipped the wrong end and died.

Very sweet! I was pretty sure I read where someone was trying it but I didn't see any results on the thread it was on. Thanks, Sylvia