Incubation Question

[ChickBro]

Ok, so yesterday I was given 6 Blue laced red wyandotte eggs to see if the rooster was doing his job. But I have eggs already in the incubator that will be hatching on the 13th. I am doing dry incubation so will the three days of 50% - 60% and then back down to 20% hurt the eggs? I have never done two batches at once before.

 

[JaeG]

Some people won't, but I have before and it was fine. You can even wait until your first batch have started to pip internally before raising the humidity.

Just be aware that you'll need to clean the incubator after the first lot hatch, and it's probably best to separate the younger eggs somehow when the first batch are due to hatch so they aren't tumbled about by the chicks and stay clean.