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Little Cute Lily
In the Brooder
- Mar 30, 2021
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Oh and since my 4th duckling hatched nearly 8 hours from the other 3, I of course opened it and moved the 3 ducklings to the brooder and kept the 4th in the incubator until it had been "hatched" 10 hours like its siblings.I went in to give the eggs a spritz and the egg with the large air cell wobbled and rolled around! I ran for my flashlight, and lo and behold, it had internally pipped! No clue when it had pipped, so I made a small safety hole, and gave them one big spritz, and put them all on lockdown, even though I knew that the other three were looking about a day or so behind (today is day 24 in about 4 hours).
I have upped the humidity to 65%, and since my hovabator didn't arrive today, I borrowed my friends Farm Innovators 4250 to use as my hatcher, since it has these water channels for me to add water in without having to open up the bator to add water. This bator though she says is notorious for not getting up to temp or holding, luckily I was able to run it for 6 hours before this pip happened. I need to tell my friend that wrapping a towel around it got it hold steady, though I have it set at 103 with two calibrated thermometers showing it to be 98.3-98.5 (close enough). Hoping I don't have to assist, since I was ready to have a breakdown just putting the safety hole in, I was nervous and didn't apply enough pressure, so it took me a good 5 minutes or so. Looks like I may have a duckling ready to come out a little early, while its siblings are probably going to be closer to due date this Friday.
If it does come, and dries off - ok to open up the bator to take it to the brooder after it dries off, or wait til the rest of them come???