Tips for Chick Brooders Congrats on your hatch! Before you take your new chicks out of the incubator, make sure your brooder is pre-warmed! We recommend using a temp reader to monitor the temperature. One of the biggest mistakes newbies make is using heat plates improperly. Make sure you follow the instructions for using the heat plates. It needs to be positioned low enough to touch their backs, try positioning it at an angle to make one end lower, so they can move further back to make more contact if...
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Tips for Incubating Shipped Eggs Before your eggs arrive, make sure to test if your incubator can maintain proper temperature and humidity parameters, making sure to test proper humidity parameters for lockdown as well. We don't recommend using the built-in incubator readings; instead, we suggest using the Govee brand for a separate temperature and humidity reader. For quail, we suggest a temp of 99-100 degrees Fahrenheit, and humidity around 40-50%, aiming for 45% the first 14 days, and around 50-60%, aiming for 55% with an open vent for Lockdown; the...
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