Eggs Not Hatching

Quote: 36-38% RH is the range I maintain in my Dickey cabinet (then for lock-down they go into my GQF cabinet hatcher with around 78-80% RH).

My experience with hatching large eggs like Pea and Turkey eggs (that are laid by my own Hens here, in my very dry climate) is that with the incubation RH being any higher my chicks and poults grew too big inside the egg and had a harder time hatching... they seemed to get themselves malpositioned, pipped at the wrong end, or quit during lockdown more often. (The lower RH also works well for my Quail, Guinea and Silkie/Showgirl eggs).
 
I just took a look at the eggs I have going in the Janoel 48, which has been at 45% until two days ago when it jumped to 55%, and at 16 days they don't look like they've lost enough weight. If I can't get the humidity down I'm pretty sure they won't hatch.

-Kathy
 
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I just took a look at the eggs I have going in the Janoel 48, which has been at 45% until two days ago when it jumped to 55%, and at 16 days they don't look like they've lost enough weight. If I can't get the humidity down I'm pretty sure they won't hatch.

-Kathy
Although this seems counter intuitive to a lot of information you see, we have had the same problem Cathy. We call them juicy chicks. They are big and soft and like to quit. You may want to try an extra half a degree of temperature.
 

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