Staggered in a hovabator

ChiefSuperFly

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Jun 27, 2017
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I'm a newbie to hatching. As a birthday present we bought a 1602n hovabator still air model. First hatch was good on my terms and probably considered fair by most. Second hatch I had Guinea eggs set with chicken eggs on the same day and moved the chickens to a quickly put together hatcher. The makeshift hatcher did as needed. Then I had used it for the guinea eggs because I added some more chickens to the bator. One night the temp dropped and out of the 3 fertile guinea eggs 2 hatched. Now afterwards I did some reading (my best friend and worst enemy) I saw some people would remove a couple turning racks and set the eggs down and do a lockdown while other eggs stayed in the turner. I wanted to try this as I love experimenting and wanted to see the results. Well I boo-booed and locked down a day late. Chickens are pipping and the guinea eggs are still turning.

Just curious on the odds of guineas being ok with the humidity jacked for a couple days? And if anyone has some hands on experience how long should I give the chickens to hatch before I get the humidity back down to avoid drowning the guineas?
Honestly my makeshift hatcher was not only temperamental but seemingly a fire hazard lol hence my avoidance for this final (addicting) hatch out for our first year!
 
I have a stagered hatch going in an older hovabator 1602 and I'm looking at buying a second incubator for hatching. They are only 2-3 days apart though.
 

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