My first egg has hatched!

[Bryce Thomas]

Im so excited! Will it hurt if I take it out of the incubator for a minute or too to make sure its ok or should I leave it in the incubator. Its 11 at night right now and I get up at 6 in the morning. It will be OK in the incubator, right?

 

[Skyle]

Congratulations for your hatch! Leave it there, it will be fine. I always leave in the incubator until morning my chicks that hatch late

 

[Bryce Thomas]

Congratulations for your hatch! Leave it there, it will be fine. I always leave in the incubator until morning my chicks that hatch late

Thank you so much!!! I have 4 tiny little depressions in the incubator that you fill up with water, only half an inch deep, im afraid the little guy is going to be so weak his head will fall in there and drown, only way to get the water out is by opening the lid, what should i do!?

 

[Skyle]

Are there any other chicks which didn't hatch yet?

 

[Bryce Thomas]

Yes. I have 9 eggs, and because the incubator is really small, there was not a lot of room for it to walk around in. I have 8 of them that are going to hatch in the next 3 days, the 9th one was only 4 days old. I sacrificed the 9th one by taking it out so the chick could have some room to walk around in

 

[Skyle]

Taking away the water would make the humidity to drop down and harm the chicks that are going to hatch

 

[Bryce Thomas]

Yes, I forgot to mention they have a sponge socket where you wet it 2 times a day and place it back in there. The sponge alone already gives enough humidity but the water sockets are just for if you feel the sponge just isn't enough, looking at all the condensation with the sponge I think the sponge is just fine

 

[Skyle]

Do you have an humidity reader in there?

 

[Bryce Thomas]

No I don't, it was rather cheap but it has 4.8 stars and everything, and the chick in there is doing just fine, and when it hatched the membrane was all moist and stuff so I think its alright

 

[Skyle]

I was wondering if it's possible maybe to put the sponge right on the water depressions, so the chick can't reach them