INCUBATING w/FRIENDS! w/Sally Sunshine Shipped Eggs No problem!

[danielkbrantley]

I've got a dozen eggs in the incubator and all seem to be developing properly. As this is my first hatch, I'm surprised. Or maybe just ignorant. Hahaha...

Anyway, I'm using an LG still-air incubator with an electric egg turner.

My questions: 1) Day 19 starts Wednesday, and I'm confused. I know to lay the eggs on the bottom of the incubator. But do the chicks' feet go through the little metal mesh stuff on the floor? If so, do I need to put something over it? I've seen people put that stuff on the floor that people use in silverware drawers. Or they put little paper towels shaped into something of a bowl to keep the incubator clean. Anyway, I don't want them getting injured feet if I can help them avoid it.

2) Also, should I keep the thermometers as they are so I can tell what the temp is at the top and middle of the eggs and adjust the temp to keep it at the same it's been the rest of the time? I know to get the humidity up to 65% or so...correct?

Thanks...

 

[ChickenCanoe]

I've got a dozen eggs in the incubator and all seem to be developing properly. As this is my first hatch, I'm surprised. Or maybe just ignorant. Hahaha...

Anyway, I'm using an LG still-air incubator with an electric egg turner.

My questions: 1) Day 19 starts Wednesday, and I'm confused. I know to lay the eggs on the bottom of the incubator. But do the chicks' feet go through the little metal mesh stuff on the floor? If so, do I need to put something over it? I've seen people put that stuff on the floor that people use in silverware drawers. Or they put little paper towels shaped into something of a bowl to keep the incubator clean. Anyway, I don't want them getting injured feet if I can help them avoid it.

2) Also, should I keep the thermometers as they are so I can tell what the temp is at the top and middle of the eggs and adjust the temp to keep it at the same it's been the rest of the time? I know to get the humidity up to 65% or so...correct?

Thanks...

The hardware cloth floor is too fine of mesh to be a problem. As much as I hate, LGs, they got that right. I started using the rubber shelf liner to keep the incubator cleaner.

Keep the thermometers in. You can let the temp drop a degree or two as hatch commences.

65 is good.

 

[BantyChooks]

I've got a dozen eggs in the incubator and all seem to be developing properly. As this is my first hatch, I'm surprised. Or maybe just ignorant. Hahaha...

Anyway, I'm using an LG still-air incubator with an electric egg turner.

My questions: 1) Day 19 starts Wednesday, and I'm confused. I know to lay the eggs on the bottom of the incubator. But do the chicks' feet go through the little metal mesh stuff on the floor? If so, do I need to put something over it? I've seen people put that stuff on the floor that people use in silverware drawers. Or they put little paper towels shaped into something of a bowl to keep the incubator clean. Anyway, I don't want them getting injured feet if I can help them avoid it.

2) Also, should I keep the thermometers as they are so I can tell what the temp is at the top and middle of the eggs and adjust the temp to keep it at the same it's been the rest of the time? I know to get the humidity up to 65% or so...correct?

Thanks...

Yes, people put shelf liner over the wire to prevent their feet from getting stuck and to keep the bator cleaner. Remind me, which model do you have? If it is digital, I dont know, but if you have seperate thermometers raise them to the top of the egg, not halfway down. I do not adjust temp, as there is some evidence lower temps increase growout health (on mobile, can't link) so I let it go down to 98-100.

Edited because I got mixed up

 

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@danielkbrantley, here's the link: https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...ends-w-host-sally-sunshine/2890#post_16125749