Lockdown Humidity ???

[silkiechick05]

I am doing a staggered hatch... Regular incubating humidity is 45%

If I raise it to 55% will it hurt the developing chicks and the hatching chicks?

 

[silkiechick05]

Anyone!!!!!

 

[silkiechick05]

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[A.T. Hagan]

If you don't have the hatches really close together then I'd go ahead and bump the lockdown humidity up to at least 60%. Then when those eggs have finished hatching allow it to fall back down to where you had it until the next batch is ready. A few days of higher humidity should not harm the still developing eggs particularly since you had it on the low side to begin with.

.....Alan.