January Hatch Buddies?

[vebyrd36]

I have oftened wondered myself. Mother nature is ever amazing.

I hope I can sleep with 25 chicks in the house.

 

[Mrs. Fluffy Puffy]

vebyrd36: The homemade bator is up and running but won't go past 90

We have zero humidity here. I've been filling up just the middle trough, do you think it'll hurt the eggs if I leave the lockdown eggs in the incubator in a small box? Or, do you think it would be okay to fill up both troughs-but would that hurt the other eggs that aren't in lockdown yet? Thanks a million~

 

[Mrs. Fluffy Puffy]

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If you can't you can send them to me-I won't be sleeping anyway.

*Has nose glued to incubator window*

 

[vebyrd36]

I know how you feel. My sis was holding one of the older chicks from a hatch in December and it jumped up on her shoulder like a little king.

 

[Mrs. Fluffy Puffy]

I think I decided to leave the eggs in the incubator in the small box.

that the humidity isn't too low for them.

 

[vebyrd36]

You will accomplish great hatchs.

 

[DMSrabbit]

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#1- Eggs are permeable, meaning they breathe. Water evaporates from the egg during the first 18 days as the chick grows. If the humidity is too high the egg will not evaporate the water, and the air cell at the top will be filled with water, when the chick tries to break through the cap, they drown.. If the humidity is too low, the chicks grow very fast in the shell, all the water evaporates, and their bodies stick to the shell, and they cant break out to hatch. Also, Eggs grow in fluid, so when they come out they will inevitably be wet (if not they would stick to the shell and not hatch). That water layer allows them to break free from the shell and hatch out.

#2-Each egg is different, so they will breathe differently. Some are more porous then others, allowing for different rates of evaporation or absorption. Also the humidity will change in your incubator as water evaporates, so if an egg is developing slower than the others, and your humidity is dropped from evaporation that could cause some shrink-wrapping on the chicks. As far as why it only happens to the last chicks to hatch, im not sure. Someone else on here will inevitably know that answer..

 

[DMSrabbit]

Mrs. Fluffy Puffy :

I think I decided to leave the eggs in the incubator in the small box.

that the humidity isn't too low for them.

Make sure its not Styrofoam, only paper cartons​

 

[DMSrabbit]

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Also, i can never sleep next to the chicks.. They make too much noise, and are too darn cute!!

 

[DMSrabbit]

Got peeping upstairs on my new hatch!!

They are due on the 9th but one has hatched already!! guess my temps are high...