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[4cats3kids1hubby2many]

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A cloth in the channels? What does this do?

Also, how do you see if they have pipped internally?

Sorry, I am very new.

 

[4cats3kids1hubby2many]

Okay, I have a Brinsea Octo 20....I did not get the humidity attachment....but I do have the rocker arm.

Question: I have 26 eggs in the incubator, they are in lock down. I filled both channels with water, the vent is 1/3 open. I had a hard time getting the humidity up to 65%. (that's not the question

) On the lid, on the back-side, there is a small hole and it has the picture of a couple drops of water. I cannot find in my instructions what this is for. Well, I took one of my insulin needles and pulled up some water and put it in the hole, it lands on the clear shield below. There is a little puddle of water there. This helped to raise the humidity. Is this what this is for? It seems to be helping. I am not sure how long the little puddle will last and I will keep an eye on it.

I also got my kid's humidifier out and put it on the counter next to the incubator, just to "moisten" the air around the incubator

I have no clue if this will help or not....but I don't think it could hurt.

Am I having problems keeping the humidity up higher because it is so full of eggs?

Any suggestions, ideas, and/or tips would be wonderfully appreciated.

 

[Stacykins]

Actually I don't think your humidity is that bad. And once the first chick hatches, it will skyrocket because of the moist chick. The clear shield on the cover is to separate the chicks and eggs from the fan and heater mechanism. As long as water touches no electrical parts, that is a good idea to raise humidity!

 

[4cats3kids1hubby2many]

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Thank you. The humidity is right now sitting at 67% - holding.

 

[Jocasta]

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A cloth in the channels? What does this do?

Also, how do you see if they have pipped internally?

Sorry, I am very new.

Humidity was reading at 50% with both channels full so I dipped a cloth (dishcloth) in the channels and laid it out under the eggs. That did the trick and now humidity is holding at 70% (I've read this is the ideal for turkeys).

I knew that they had pipped internally because their heads were moving around IN the air cell. A chick pips into the air cell before pipping the shell. If you can see any of the bird in the air cell, that means that they've pipped internally HTH

 

[4cats3kids1hubby2many]

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A cloth in the channels? What does this do?

Also, how do you see if they have pipped internally?

Sorry, I am very new.

Humidity was reading at 50% with both channels full so I dipped a cloth (dishcloth) in the channels and laid it out under the eggs. That did the trick and now humidity is holding at 70% (I've read this is the ideal for turkeys).

I knew that they had pipped internally because their heads were moving around IN the air cell. A chick pips into the air cell before pipping the shell. If you can see any of the bird in the air cell, that means that they've pipped internally HTH

Great idea with the cloth - thank you.

And how cool regarding the internal pipping. I did not know this.

 

[Stacykins]

Newly hatched buff chantecler chicks are worn out from all that work! The little ones definitely have earned a good nap

 

[Jocasta]

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Awww!!! They are gorgeous! How long did yours take from pip to zip? Curious as it's pushing 12 hrs since I noticed the first pip and still no sign of a zip in progress...

 

[chickenfeverforever]

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Awww!!! They are gorgeous! How long did yours take from pip to zip? Curious as it's pushing 12 hrs since I noticed the first pip and still no sign of a zip in progress...

If its been 12 hours and they are still just piped with no zipping, You should open the incubator and check for signs of life. Listen for chirps in the eggs and see if the chick broke the membrane. I have had a couple die who piped but never zipped and I have helped a couple as well to start piping.

 

[bordergurl]

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Ah Chantecler's- gotta get me some!