overlapping hatches - is it OK?

[tallyho]

Can I stick a few new eggs into the incubator while the old ones are in lockdown? The turner would be off and the humidity high. And I would be committing the sin of opening the incubator sometime during those last 4 days to put the new eggs in. How deadly is this situation to the new eggs and the old ones? Should I just chill and wait until the current hatch is over to be safe?

 

[Funky Feathers]

I do it all the time and still have good hatches.

 

[Robo]

In lockdown I have to open the incubator to keep the humidity up and still have 90% hatches. What kind of incubator do you have?

 

[ga_goat]

It would be UNUSUAL here to not have overlapping hatches but I don't use styrofoam , overlapping works well with a cabinet style incubator . it's a little harder to do with the tabletop models

 

[tallyho]

So it's OK to do even with breaking important rules?

I have a wonderful Roll-x. I could quickly lift up the lid and throw the new eggs in and maybe not lose too much humidity. And maybe the hatching babies will roll the eggs around for me 'till I get them out of there and plug the turner back in.

 

[swheat]

I think you will do fine with a Roll-X, I have 2 of them. Great incubators, I get the highest % of hatches when I use my Roll-X's, I just wished they would hold more eggs...