) of the hatched chicks can often simulate the others to pip.
Today is day 21, I had 3 hatch...first one hatched at 4 am, the other two within the last 2-4 hours. Tomorrow morning is it ok to take some out quickly and lock back down? I have 18 in there. I'm just thinking if I have a few that are going to take 22-23 days I'd like to take the older ones out (and leave a peeper or two behind to encourage the others). I have a Brinsea octagon 20 (I have to add humidity). Thank you for advice
I remove my chicks after they hatch and become active in my bator. Sometimes it's half an hour after hatch, sometimes it's an hour or two. When to move chicks is a personal decision. As long as you keep the humidity up in the bator and your bator recovers the humidity quickly, you should remove them when you are comfortable. (As long as you have a brooder set up and warmed at one end or have a warming plate/heated area for them and it's out of drafts and temp changes.)
