Need help with eggs hatching under heat lamp? Does anyone have suggestions for keeping the temperatu

[Abriana]

i have a Dutch bantam and I gave her three eggs. One hatched yesterday and the other two have not hatched yet . I put them all under her at the same time. She kept getting up to take care of the hatched chick and so I put the other two under a heat lamp so that they would hatch. They are on day 22 now. I candled them both and I could not tell with one but the other one was definitely still alive. I put them underneath a heat lamp in a box. I'm having trouble managing the temperature. Is my set up OK? Since they're on day 22 is a heat lamp OK? Does anyone have suggestions for keeping the temperature at 98 or 99? Can they hatch like this? I am using clover as bedding because I have a yard full of it and the bedding is all the way out in the barn.

 

[Abriana]

My title is a bit weird sorry, I meant to say does anyone have any suggestions for keeping the temp at 98/99

 

[Abriana]

One more thing, the temp went up accidentally to 102 will the eggs be okay?

 

[RodNTN]

Hi! I am not expert at hatching, and this year was my first. I really don't know what to say, do they have any kind of moisture? Sorry, I guess I still qualify as a newbie to hatching

 

[Abriana]

When they are getting ready to hatch they don't need moisture it can actually dry out the membrane and shrink wrap the chick. Lol, don't worry, I was once a newbie too!

 

[RodNTN]

See what I mean?

 

[Abriana]

Don't worry!

 

[RodNTN]

To be safe you might need someone a lot more experienced to give you some advice, I'd just make sure the temp stayed at 98 or 99

 

[Abriana]

I finally got it to

 

[RodNTN]

Okay