ON this incubator you keep one side of the reservoir filled until lockdown then you fill both sides to up the humidity..one awesome feature is you don't have to open the lid to add water there is a port on the outside with a tube to the reservoir so you can fill it without opening. I actually just posted a thread because Im insecure about it. Ill prob just wait until i really want to go to sleep and fill both side and be done with it. What will be will be! Plus my Cackle order should arrive tomorrow so I will hopefully have chickie babies this weekend either way. Thanks for all you help!From what I saw of your eggs when you posted a vid of them, they looked good to me. I would probably completely lockdown and top up the reservoirs, but it’s your call. You could fill one side and wait for a pip, but if you’re opening it after a pip there is a higher risk of drying membranes out.