BuffaloBluffs
In the Brooder
- May 15, 2018
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Hello all and thank you for this community! I'm new to chicken incubating and my first group is now on day 22. The first chick pipped late on day 20 so now has been in the bator close to 48 hours. There are 3 more hatched and dry. I can see several more of the 28 eggs that have pipped. The hatched chicks are quite rambunctious and one has it's foot stuck to a portion of the egg. When it moves about, it pushes the unhatched eggs.
I'm concerned about moving these chicks out because of our dry desert humidity outside the bator. During my practice week with the bator before eggs, I learned what it took to get the humidity up to 60 and how after 30 seconds of opening that it would drop to 5 percent instantly. It took an hour to bring it back up. So my questions are -
How long is too long for the hatched chicks inside the bator?
How much do these rambunctious chicks impact the unhatched eggs?
What actions if any should I take, given the outside humidity - with at least 4 pipped eggs and 20 that I can't see well enough to know. A neighbor has a humidity tent, is that a fair consideration?
Thank you!
I'm concerned about moving these chicks out because of our dry desert humidity outside the bator. During my practice week with the bator before eggs, I learned what it took to get the humidity up to 60 and how after 30 seconds of opening that it would drop to 5 percent instantly. It took an hour to bring it back up. So my questions are -
How long is too long for the hatched chicks inside the bator?
How much do these rambunctious chicks impact the unhatched eggs?
What actions if any should I take, given the outside humidity - with at least 4 pipped eggs and 20 that I can't see well enough to know. A neighbor has a humidity tent, is that a fair consideration?
Thank you!
*CENSOR PLS* The chickens are too sweet! 
