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If you lock them all down at the same time, yes. That's what most of us do. A second incubator for lockdown allows people that do staggered hatches to manage that.

I take mine out but I don't know what you have to do with other incubators. There are a lot of different incubators out there. They do not all look alike or operate the same.

I don't use that stuff so no idea. Whichever incubator you use for lockdown. For many of us that is the incubator you incubate them in. Some people use separate incubators for incubating and for lockdown.

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Off the top of my head I can't remember which of the three potential "red" genes for baseline body color is used for Rhode Island Reds. It doesn't matter. The Barred Rock is baseline Extended Black which is dominant against any of the three baseline reds. Black is dominant so what you see if...

For many different reasons different humidities work best for different people. Some people do well at lower humidities, others do better at relatively high humidities. What matters is how much total moisture is lost during the incubation. If too much is lost or not enough then you are not...

Read the first post in this very long thread to get a good explanation of sex links. Sex- linked Information | BackYard Chickens - Learn How to Raise Chickens There are two requirements to making sex linked chicks identifiable at hatch. The results have to show up and you need to be able to...