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Quote: Yes, I follow that rule too. Thanks, Carolyn

Thanks Redhen and xxmrsbellxx There was quite a bit of fluid in the air cell of that egg and since the chick pip that air cell there was even more fluid in the egg with the chick. I come to the conclusion that it drowned because of two things: 1) I had hatched 14 of my 18 eggs with no problems...

Quote: Thanks Jamie, I am definitely going to try the lower humidity next time. It's amazing how the conditions deteriorated with this hatch. My last hatch was smaller and it was easier to vent off the extra humidity when a chick hatched. I will start with a lower hatch humidity next time so...

Quote: Chicks dying in the egg can happen from just too low of humidity, too. Maybe that's what happened to yours? Carolyn

Thanks Silkiechicken, I won't go too hard on myself but I do want to learn from this. And you guys are helping me to do just that. Hi BockBock, I opened this egg on the end of day 23 and it did have fluid in the air cell. It came out of the bator with it at 65% humidity. The two other chicks...

Quote: Thanks Bock! He definitely hit the air cell. Here's a pic of the poor little guy, see how wet and saturated the membrane is? You can see his beak pipped the air cell. Carolyn

Thanks Mahonri, Thanks for sharing your info with me. I think I need to keep in the lower 60%'s too. I did communicate on a thread with Buster once and he lives at a much higher altitude that I do. That's the reason for the higher humidities he works with. The thread on ventilation today is...

I hatched 18 eggs in a Hovabator 1588. Temps have been 99.5-100, days 1-17 humidity 40-50%, from day 18 on 60-70% The eggs had great day 18 aircells, too Had 11 chicks hatch no problem but late on day 21 I had a chick get stuck in it's egg and was able to help it without opening the bator, we...