that is over the 24 hrs and 5 days. Most days are 50-60 through most of the day. And if I remember aright from Shad's Brazilian study, 50-70 humidity was said to be the ideal range for hatching. It's comfortable for me too, fortunately!
That's right! 25 C is a wonderfully comfy day in my books, especially if the humidity is not too high.
Ah, well, I have no experience with roosters. I can't tell the difference until they get big enough to crow.That's kind @Ribh but I think they're still at the awkward teenager stage!
And, Piou-piou the slow grower hasn't chosen it's gender yet, and Gaston is a cockerel
I think the awkward stage is rather sweet.
I simply enjoy diversity...
Fortunately they both survived, and arrived for breakfast from different directions 
. Evidently the growing chicks are putting pressure on space in the coops; I saw Amadeo cwtched up with Sven night before last, while Eve and the other two filled a nest box to bursting, and I suspect that Paprika can no longer fit herself and her 7 into another one so there's some overspill there too at night. Crunch time is coming; I need either to move some birds on, or buy a 4th coop... 
The delight never wears off! Or it hasn't yet for me. Love watching the hens with their chicks, and the different personalities of the chicks. My largest hatch was 8 chicks with one hen (the total was 15 chicks across 3 hens at the same time) and boy that hen had to work hard getting them all to behave haha. She was a very experienced mama by that point though.That's kind @Ribh but I think they're still at the awkward teenager stage!
And, Piou-piou the slow grower hasn't chosen it's gender yet, and Gaston is a cockerel
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They all have unique colours and markings! So posh!
@TropicalBabies mentioned incubators were better suited for her I believe. And I suppose she has also a very humid environment.
From my sole experience I found that even though I had some worries about the broody and her setting, she took care of everything. I completely relied on her and didn't even candle the eggs. I think I would have been more stressed with an incubator.
@Perris have you ever tried using an incubator ?
Well, that concerns more the part after the hatch, but I really agree with you. I enjoyed so much watching how Chipie raised her chicks , that I found it was almost the best part of having chicks. I really wouldn't want to miss that out! But maybe when you've seen it several dozen of times you don't feel the same.
Yup that was the humidity ideal for incubating eggs. I'm not sure if that was in the incubator or the ambient humidity. I can attest to excellent broody hatch rates with ambient humidity in the low to mid 70s. Where I run into issues is when it hits 78-85% for weeks on end, and it doesn't drop overnight (it actually gets even more humid overnight). I don't think I've ever experienced humidity lower than 55%.
My guess is a little pullet
very pretty.Yes, but I also think broodies do a better job ♡ if it were just me replenishing my little flock I'd stick with a broody.
just a hot mess.
Most days get progressively more humid from dawn onwards when it's hot.
