Moved eggs from broody to incubator

[Abbkayx]

The reason you want it higher is for the air cell to "grow" for them to pip into. Had you calibrated the temp & humidity prior? Update us with chick pics

I didn’t calibrate ahead of time. When my broody stopped sitting it was overnight so the eggs were not being kept warm for anywhere between 1-8 hours. I hurried out and quickly bought the incubator, got it to temp and put the eggs in. I was in a hurry, but I actually thought I had already lost all the chicks, until I candled and saw movement still. To be honest, I assumed I was buying the incubator for nothing when I first moved them in. :/

Before I officially lock down tomorrow I’m going to buy a hygrometer... my feed store didn’t have one, strangely lol. The temp is good, I have a thermometer in there and it’s accurate just the darn humidity is low.

 

[007Sean]

Generally the OME temperature and humidity sensors of foam incubators are unreliable. If all the troughs are full in the bator and it's only reading 57%, it's probably incorrect.
After calibrating your hygrometer and comparing the readings between the two, then will you know what the true % humidity is in the bator.

 

[aart]

The temp is good, I have a thermometer in there and it’s accurate just the darn humidity is low.

Did you test therm?
Here how I do it...and also the hygro:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...incubator-thermometers-and-hygrometers.73634/

The reason you want it higher is for the air cell to "grow" for them to pip into.

Lower humidity makes air cell grow larger.

 

[ChickNanny13]

Yikes - Lower humidity makes air cell grow larger
Thank you @aart for the correction.
@Abbkayx hope I didn't cause any issues with your incubation

 

[Abbkayx]

Thanks all. I bought another thermometer / hygrometer, and calibrated it this morning, let it sit for 10 hours.

Put it in the incubator and humidity’s reading 48% on the bator and 70% on the hygrometer. I removed all the sponges and removed some of the water. Hopefully I didn’t overdo the humidity.

 

[Abbkayx]

Should be noted that I did candle again and still have movement so I’m hopeful. Incubator is now locked down that I have accurate temp and humidity, and the waiting begins lol.

 

[aart]

Should be noted that I did candle again and still have movement so I’m hopeful.

How did the air cells look?
Humidity is fairly forgiving.

 

[Abbkayx]

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How did the air cells look?
Humidity is fairly forgiving.

I believe they look good. This one here is the largest one (air cell), I also think this this one is the closest to hatching maybe? Last night it was shaking the egg in the bator lol. But again, I’m not super experienced with this lol, since my eggs were always hatched by broodys. The other eggs air cells are just a bit smaller than this one.