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My incubator is a meat cooler (styrofoam) with heat tape in it.
When should I take the egg box out of the incubator...or open the lid and leave it open, to insure that the babies do not suffocate inside?

My eggs are on day 55 today, so pipping should be soon.

I just want to make sure I do it all right.
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"What is man without the beasts?
If all the beasts were gone,
men would die from great loneliness of spirit.
For what happens to the beasts,
soon happens to men.
All things are connected."

-Chief Seattle (Duwamish Tribe)

is to worry too much. They'll be fine. Leave the lid on, and the box in your incubator. Remove each baby as they leave the egg and set them up individually. During hatching, I check the egg box about twice a day and remove any that are out...

Word. Thank you.
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"What is man without the beasts?
If all the beasts were gone,
men would die from great loneliness of spirit.
For what happens to the beasts,
soon happens to men.
All things are connected."

-Chief Seattle (Duwamish Tribe)

I have a walk in closet incubator, with styrofoam boxes and glass tops for the hatching boxes. I actually leave the babies in the box until they all hatch, or at most, like 5 or 6 days. I put a nice water bowl in with them, and barely crack the glass top open, I mean a sliver opening, to allow plenty of air, but not too much to mess with the temp and humidity. I guess if you have your baby rack set up at 88 degrees, and have a rack that holds in all the humidity, you could transfer them right away. I like letting them stay in the box a few days to settle in, it is humid, warm, and totally dark.

My hatchling tubs are set at 86 degrees air temp, with a warmer basking area. I use the Vision rack for my hatchlings, and really like it. They keep in the humidity just fine, who knows, maybe I will transfer them earlier this year, and warm up the rack a bit more....but, why mess with what has worked I guess.

The plastic mesh in the pic was a one year trial, and just decided I did not need it, and do not use it anymore.