Help! Not enough room for hatching!!

[corabee]

I have the first chick pipped today and I just realized that in my LG with the egg cartons and 3 different containers placed in with sponges for humidity, plus my other 6 silkie chicks that are a staggered hatch and not ready for another week and a half, plus my therm/hygro there is no room for the chicks to get onto the floor once theya hatch!! What to do??????

 

[cmom]

You need another incubator...

 

[indi]

I agree with cmom but you could try a cardboard box with a lamp (a heat one preferably) and holes in the side with a heater that blows out air (hot-ish!!) that should do but if possible keep an eye on them. No guantees though but if they are fully fluffed it should work! Good luck with the other chicks!!

 

[corabee]

Crisis averted!!! I moved the entire bator into a steamy shower and reconfigured everything. Humidity dipped from 70 to 63 and was back up to 70 within 10 minutes. Temp dipped but was right back up even faster. I do believe we now have enough space and we now have 2 pips!!!!!1

 

[cmom]

 

[bloom chicks]

Congrat!

 

[indi]

Yaaaayyyyy!!!!! Woooohoooooo!!!!! Whooopeeeee!!!!!