That was the number of eggs set. I never took any out at lockdown, though. I did have a few die of drowning, I think. So many hatched over night that the humidity was so high when we woke up that you couldn't see into the incubators. Too fogged up.Was that the number you set or the number that went to lockdown? It is 69% and if it was total set then it is a good hatch. Most guides say that over 70% is good enough that you do not need to change things.
No no no...I wish! I used two styro-bators from TSC.
Are the styro-bators still air? If so, getting a fan kit can help with ventilation.
Very cute bunny babies vehve!Bunny, that's what I'm hoping for. I never saw myself as the type to keep pet rabbits, much less 9 of themThey're like adorable little fuzzy softballs at the moment, but I hope they turn out to be horrible biters and problem bunnies once they grow a bit older, that should make it easier. Also, our bolt gun arrived on Monday, I think the deed itself will feel much less brutal using that compared to dispatching chickens with an axe.
They have fans and turners. Still it was so humid that big droplets of water was dripping on them. I opened the bators and we quickly took out all the dry chicks and put them into the brooder. Several more hatched after that until we were left with some who had pipped and died, some that never pipped and the sticky that had pipped and then nothing for hours till hubby broke it out. It was stuck to the bator floor, poor dear. The others are very active and happy. There's not enough room in the brooder, though and the little lame one was hurt by the others jumping on it. That's why I'm moving them to the big brooder outside. DH made it out of plywood with a tin lined opening for the heat lamp and the whole thing is in its own run.
That sounds like a great brooder. It is a problem finding space for that many chicks.
