lock down on day 19?

[micheleomal]

Newbie here, but just hatched 4 chicks (out of 9) today. Don't know if the rest will hatch or not. It is only day 22 so I'll leave them in. Anyway, I have 6 more eggs due to go in tonight but their air cells look small. Can I leave them in the incubator at low humidity another day? I have 2 incubators so I transfer to a still air high humidity for hatching. I am just hoping to increase the air cell size a bit more. Will this hurt? Should I not turn them tonight/tomorrow until I transfer them tomorrow night (if you think I can wait)? This thread has gotten my through the last 22 days with only a few gray hairs. Waiting the last 3 days has been the worst!! But I have lovely little peeps to show for it

. Thanks a million...

 

[BonRae67]

Leaving them in the incubator one more day shouldn't hurt. I wouldn't turn them and be real careful not to turn them when you move them over to the other incubator. Good luck keep us posted.

 

[keesmom]

They will be fine. More than once I've moved peeping eggs from the turner to the hatcher, not adding humidity until that time. The hatches went well. I even accidentally left one batch in the turner and they still hatched.

 

[micheleomal]

Thanks. That's what I was hoping you'd say. Wish me luck

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[BonRae67]

Keep us posted

 

[micheleomal]

Will do. I candled the smallest one this morning and it looks a bit better so I put them in. I have eggs due to hatch today so I wanted to get them in the hatching bator before I have any pips from the other ones.