New Chicks

[behindthecross]

Ok, Three chicks have just hatched and there a little cramped in the incubator and walking around on the other eggs. They are dry and fluffy, should I put them in the brooder or keep them in there till the others hatch?

 

[CrestedGirl]

As long as they are completely dry they will be fine

 

[behindthecross]

Fine to take out or leave in?

 

[Impress]

They are fine to take out, but opening your incubator you always run the risk of shrink wrapping your other chicks. It is a gamble. I have found having chicks running around on the other eggs seems to encourage those eggs to get to hatching! They are fine for 3 days in there once hatched, they absorb their yolk and can go without food or water for 3 days.

 

[cmom]

I take my chicks out with their shells as soon as they hatch. I grab quick. The hatcher comes right back up to the correct temp and humidity.