How important is a closed incubator?

[BigBlueHen53]

 

[NatJ]

If you do check on egg, I would remove any hatched chicks and put in warm brooder.

Good point. They might as well come out while the incubator is being opened anyway.

 

[ComradeQuedtions]

Is it actually coming out of egg or is in just on the egg? With one hatched it may have pooded and first poos can be greenish. But I would find out for sure because if it is a bad egg it could explode/leak contaminants in incubator harming other hatchlings and eggs.

Yeah it is, the chick had made a hole and that came out of it, but it hatched, I was concerned for a bit cause it looked one legged and was bleeding(I thought) but it looks fine now. But we shall see if it’s doing ok or not