Setting the week of August 22 (or so... ) Everyone join!! You know you want to!

[XxPandaxX]

Good points. I had to open it several times to turn another batch that was in there, which obviously slowed things down a few hours. Temps have been pretty high for the most part, 97-103. Several of the 5 in lockdown are "blacked out" so I'm hoping tomorrow (day 20) they will pip. I wonder, is it reasonable to think they'll pip tomorrow considering how many times I've opened the incubator? My humidity doesn't drop much, it's the temp more than anything. Since they're blackouts I would think they would hurry it up and hatch tomorrow but I'm new so I have no clue. Anyone care to pitch in some advice?

 

[outdoorsii]

Just removed my turner, filled up the water thingee and went into lockdown. No pips, no movement......................

You should be fine!

 

[outdoorsii]

Good points. I had to open it several times to turn another batch that was in there, which obviously slowed things down a few hours. Temps have been pretty high for the most part, 97-103. Several of the 5 in lockdown are "blacked out" so I'm hoping tomorrow (day 20) they will pip. I wonder, is it reasonable to think they'll pip tomorrow considering how many times I've opened the incubator? My humidity doesn't drop much, it's the temp more than anything. Since they're blackouts I would think they would hurry it up and hatch tomorrow but I'm new so I have no clue. Anyone care to pitch in some advice?

Yea, opening it alot ain't good b/c 97 degrees is low and 103 is kinda high & since they say temperature determines metabolism I'd imagine yours might hatch a tid bit later, not sure on that, I know its hard but I'd say just leave em be & keep watch.

 

[XxPandaxX]

Yes and I've even candled during lockdown (though it lasted only a few seconds for some of the eggs. 3 blackouts I pipped for various reasons, so they were out of the bator for 1-2 minutes.) If you see the post I replied to Denise, could you answer please? I'm hoping my turning and candling hasn't slowed them down more than a few hours. Tomorrow I'll get home around 5:30-6:00 & I'm hoping to see some action then. Now I have the bator raising humidity and temps. It'll stay around 63% humidity and 96-98 degrees.

 

[XxPandaxX]

I'll work on it. They have long stretches of hours between turning since I can only turn 3 times a day, and it's very quick, but that still leaves time for lots of humidity to leak out... I'm going to go raise the temps in there !

 

[LuvinChickens]

Is there a way to duck tap the incubator closed? Lol! Just kidding. I am trying so hard to not open it.

 

[chicksooner]

Is there a way to duck tap the incubator closed? Lol! Just kidding. I am trying so hard to not open it.

Seriously! It is killing me. Before lockdown I was ready for lockdown because I was paranoid about touching/turning. Now I am dying to know what is going on in there.

I opened it earlier because another post got me paranoid about my chicks drowning due to my humidity being too high. I candled one quick and it was still kicking. So I guess I am safe since the same post said to lock down at the end of day 18 and I locked down at the end of day 17. So much second guessing...

 

[swirler]

I have seven bouncing chickies so far, playing soccer with the rest of the eggs! And I'm fairly sure they are the cutest chicks ever to hatch on this green Earth.

 

[swirler]

Which reminds me, I had a question! Just how long can they safely stay in the incubator after hatching? Googling gives me 24, 48 and 72 hours as possible answers, which isn't terribly helpful.

 

[XxPandaxX]

If the yolk sac was used properly, they should be fine in there for three days !! Although I would do a maximum of 2. pictures, please ! ^.^