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Guest:
Thanks all for the suggestions! Good news, just candled a few  and saw some definite action going on in there!! Just did a few, didn\'t want to press my luck & let my curiousity ruin them. This is only my 3rd hatch in this hovabator, & so far it\'s behaving perfectly. Had 100% w/ the first hatch, only like 75% w/ the 2nd, due to temp spikes I\'m sure.  I\'ll be watching this one like a hawk!!  ;)

Guest:
Are you using the egg turner? If so, good...but just remember...on Day 18, you\'ll need to raise the temperature. so that it\'s 99.5 at the top of the eggs.

Because heat rises, it\'s colder on the deck than at the turner. I had a high mortality rate on my first hatch because of this (I\'ll be hatching again in 2008 -- the next 18 months will be too busy)...don\'t forget that small but significant detail...

--Ron

Guest:
No, not using the turner. I stay at home w/ my children, so it\'s no problem to hand turn. I have always heard to raise the HUMIDITY  on day 18, and stop turning, and to lower the temp by 1 degree on day 21...?

John:

--- Quote ---I have always heard to raise the HUMIDITY on day 18, and stop turning, and to lower the temp by 1 degree on day 21...?
--- End quote ---

Directions differ from one manufacturer to another, but you are right.  Generally they will tell you to lower the temp and raise the humidity for the last to days (19-21).

Guest:
Yes...if you are NOT using the turner, leave the temp alone till the last day. Raise the humidity on Day 18 turner or no turner. I set a humidifier next the incubator on Day 18 for that purpose and I also put water in through a straw and funnel in the vent holes. Never, ever open the incubator from between Day 18 and Day 21.

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