- Mar 31, 2014
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Hello all--
Here's my situation... I ordered 2 groups of eggs from two different sources. One set arrived a full day before the other, and after resting, they started incubating about 24 hours apart, in the same incubator.
As of tomorrow, Group A will be on day 18; Group B will only be on day 17. BUT, according to the incubator instructions, I must turn off and remove the turner on day 18, ramp up the humidity and go into lockdown. Which would be fine, except... that means Group B would be in lockdown too, since I only have the one incubator.
- So what do I do? I've read about people moving their hatches to the brooder at this point, but I can't guarantee the humidity (and I live in California's Central Valley which is dry as a bone, so I'm guessing the total lack of ambient humidity would likely be detrimental).
- Is locking down at day 17 a bad thing? The humidity would be at 65% and the eggs wouldn't get turned (unless I did it manually).
- Or is splitting the difference and locking down at, say, day 18 & 1/2 and 17 & 1/2 doable, or is it too late for one and too early for the other?
Any advice?
SIDE NOTE: The air cells appear to be correct size developmentally, but most all of them (naturally) are saddle cells. Just throwing that info in there, in case it makes a difference.
Here's my situation... I ordered 2 groups of eggs from two different sources. One set arrived a full day before the other, and after resting, they started incubating about 24 hours apart, in the same incubator.
As of tomorrow, Group A will be on day 18; Group B will only be on day 17. BUT, according to the incubator instructions, I must turn off and remove the turner on day 18, ramp up the humidity and go into lockdown. Which would be fine, except... that means Group B would be in lockdown too, since I only have the one incubator.
- So what do I do? I've read about people moving their hatches to the brooder at this point, but I can't guarantee the humidity (and I live in California's Central Valley which is dry as a bone, so I'm guessing the total lack of ambient humidity would likely be detrimental).
- Is locking down at day 17 a bad thing? The humidity would be at 65% and the eggs wouldn't get turned (unless I did it manually).
- Or is splitting the difference and locking down at, say, day 18 & 1/2 and 17 & 1/2 doable, or is it too late for one and too early for the other?
Any advice?
SIDE NOTE: The air cells appear to be correct size developmentally, but most all of them (naturally) are saddle cells. Just throwing that info in there, in case it makes a difference.