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[Purpletie3]

Tiny...wrong spot for my reply...

My first hatch I didn't sleep for 3 days...& I couldn't see straight.

 

[Gingersnap722]

One more question. How much can humidity go up its at 70 now I've had it there but I know it goes up as they start hatching. Will they be fine.

From what I understand, the humidity needs to be 65% or higher, so you should be fine. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong.

 

[Gingersnap722]

URGGGGG!

I'm going to come clean, when I first thought about getting into hatching these babies I read through this section of the forum and kept thinking "psh, I'd be able to sleep" "psh, I'd be able to not check on them ever 15 minutes"

....I was wrong.

I set up the incubator on my desk so I can work while staring at the baby egg.

JUST PEEP ONCE!!! ONCE!!!

ok...I'm ok...

Lol!!! My incubator is on the cabinet right next to my desk at home. When mine start hatching, I roll my chair from my desk to the cabinet, desk to cabinet, desk to cabinet, desk to cabinet.....Must.. roll... chair!!!!!

 

[Acornewell]

Is it best to keep the eggs you collect for setting a certain direction and I know you should turn them right? Before setting that is


Im wishing I would have gotten the Brinsea Incubator now. I have the Incuview...I like it. But my hatch rate sucked. I think it was just bad timing...right before molt.

 

[TinyAssFarm]

Lol!!! My incubator is on the cabinet right next to my desk at home. When mine start hatching, I roll my chair from my desk to the cabinet, desk to cabinet, desk to cabinet, desk to cabinet.....Must.. roll... chair!!!!!

I teach at USF and every class I tell my students about my eggs and the farm and what's new and OH MY GOSH WHY AM I HERE AND NOT WATCHING THE INCUBATOR --- CLASS DISMISSED!!!

 

[northernchic]

One more question. How much can humidity go up its at 70 now I've had it there but I know it goes up as they start hatching. Will they be fine.

My humidity went up to 75% when chicks started hatching.

I think the hardest thing for me was to have a huge run of chicks hatch and then have to sit in the lull when it slowed down and do nothing. But that's really what needs to be done. Each time you open the incubator you risk the lives of the ones not hatched. It's just hard to sit there and see them struggle and worry.

 

[Gingersnap722]

I teach at USF and every class I tell my students about my eggs and the farm and what's new and OH MY GOSH WHY AM I HERE AND NOT WATCHING THE INCUBATOR --- CLASS DISMISSED!!!

I just noticed that you're in Plant City like me! My daughter graduated from USF. She probably would have been thrilled to be in your class and dismissed early, lol!

 

[Mike10]

From what I understand, the humidity needs to be 65% or higher, so you should be fine. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong.

Thanks for your reply. That puts me more at ease. I popped the 2 little red caps so air could go in. Humidity stayed at 70 is this fine.

 

[Mike10]

My humidity went up to 75% when chicks started hatching.



I think the hardest thing for me was to have a huge run of chicks hatch and then have to sit in the lull when it slowed down and do nothing. But that's really what needs to be done. Each time you open the incubator you risk the lives of the ones not hatched. It's just hard to sit there and see them struggle and worry.

Thanks for the response. I will not be opening it and I will try to sleep tonight without checking on them. I cannot open anyways. Maybe I will wake up to some eyes looking at me. Lol
Thank you so much for helping.

 

[BonRae67]

Thanks for your reply. That puts me more at ease. I popped the 2 little red caps so air could go in. Humidity stayed at 70 is this fine.

Mine did that and went back down to about 65 after an hour. I too popped the red caps out.