- Oct 7, 2011
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Yes it helps, and concerns me. I'm afraid I won't be able to maintain the humidity or regulate the temperature if I don't open the incubator.I'm new at this, but I've read alot. Lockdown starts on Day 18. You stop turning the eggs to allow the chicks to orient themselves for hatching. You avoid opening the incubator and bump the humidity way up to prevent the membrane from drying up and sticking to the chick during hatching (often called "shrink-wrapping"). You don't even open the door when chicks start to hatch. Just leave them in to fluff up while you are waiting for the stragglers to hatch. Does that help?