Oh No! Chicks in danger+me=nervous wreck!

[poultryrox11]

Okay, everything was going great. It is the day before they are due, two of them already hatched, it was great! Then all of a sudden, the temp went down to 92 and the humidity boosted up 10-15%! we managed to get the humidity down and the temp up. However, my mom is working 11 to 11 tonight and I have to watch the chicks! I am afraid it will happen again and I will not beable to fix it! Any suggestions? I would be EXTREMELY grateful as you guys are very helpful!

 

[pkw]

My temps stay stable all night and every night my temps always goes down but then my house is cold at night. Whenever I have to get up in the middle of the night I check the temp and adjust it if necessary. Maybe you could set a clock to get you up every so often and adjust the temp if you have to.

 

[poultryrox11]

okay, that fixes the temp problem

, what about the humidity?

 

[Sumatra55]

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How long was the temp down?

 

[piccolini]

Most likely, the humidity went up because the temp went down. stable temp= stable humidity.
Hope everything works out!

 

[poultryrox11]

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How long was the temp down?

about maybe 5 min. not long, but i still worry bout my babies.

 

[RioLindoAz]

What type of incubator do you have?

 

[poultryrox11]

THNX guys!!!!! You are a big help!!!

 

[poultryrox11]

We have a still air bater.

 

[Sumatra55]

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How long was the temp down?

about maybe 5 min. not long, but i still worry bout my babies.

5 mins is not an issue, I have worked with commercial hatcheries some, and when the trays are pulled and candled they are out of the incubator for much longer than 5 mins before being switched to the setter. It sounds like the temperature was a little high to begin with if some hatched a day early ?