Can I pop the lid and drain a reservoir in my incubator? The eggs have been in lockdown for a little over 24 hours. Two eggs have hatched but from what I can tell none of the others have had any action besides wiggling back and forth. None of the eggs have been pipped. I have undone the only plug on my incubator and the humidity simply is not dropping. Is it too risky to try and quickly drain a reservoir or is there anything I can do? Thanks
I'm sure someone else with more hatching experience will weigh in here, but I wouldn't worry about it. I found that the humidity shoots up after a chick hatches. I imagine it will drop over time. i ended out pulling a few of the hatched birds out and putting them in the brooder (even though everyone says don't open it), and that certainly drops the humidity too. i guess it depends in part on how much moisture they lost earlier in the incubation. good luck on the rest of the hatch!
