Sticky chicks!!

portagee said:

I'm having this same problem. Is it low humidity from day 1 to 18. Or during lockdown. I had humidity in the 20s during days 1 to 18 then 65 to 75 during lock down.

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AmyLynn2374 said:

Theoretically there are two types of "sticky chicks" if they are extra wet and sticky and  there is excess fluid in the egg, it is a sign of humidity too high during the first 17 days. If there is no extra fluids and they are a drier sticky, then it points to humidity too low the first 17 days.

You can have an egg that doesn't loose enough moisture and an egg that looses too much moisture in the same hatch, why? Because each egg is different. Some eggs are more porous, the shells are thicker/thinner and they loose moisture at different rates. That's why you might see that 18 out of 20 are hatching perfect and 2 are overly wet or too dry. You adjust your humidity for the majority so sometimes you will have an egg that shows "too high or too low humidity"  It doesn't always mean your humidity was too high or low for the hatch, sometimes it's just too high or low for that particular egg. If the majority of your chicks are hatching out fine, then you don't want to change much, because you will on the average have a couple that don't hatch or have problems. We can't provide the optimal conditions for every egg because not every egg is equal.

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AmyLynn2374 said:

Theoretically there are two types of "sticky chicks" if they are extra wet and sticky and there is excess fluid in the egg, it is a sign of humidity too high during the first 17 days. If there is no extra fluids and they are a drier sticky, then it points to humidity too low the first 17 days.

You can have an egg that doesn't loose enough moisture and an egg that looses too much moisture in the same hatch, why? Because each egg is different. Some eggs are more porous, the shells are thicker/thinner and they loose moisture at different rates. That's why you might see that 18 out of 20 are hatching perfect and 2 are overly wet or too dry. You adjust your humidity for the majority so sometimes you will have an egg that shows "too high or too low humidity" It doesn't always mean your humidity was too high or low for the hatch, sometimes it's just too high or low for that particular egg. If the majority of your chicks are hatching out fine, then you don't want to change much, because you will on the average have a couple that don't hatch or have problems. We can't provide the optimal conditions for every egg because not every egg is equal.

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