My experience is weird because my first hatch, I actually had 5 out of 10 hatch. Which isn't too bad. Though I think I may have "rescued" one or two of them.
This was with Way Too High humidity, and a 99.5 degree still air incubator.
Unfortunately, I had three of the 5 die within a day or two...
Not sure where you are, but I’m on North shore Kauai (aka, the wettest place on earth) and my first hatches were probably, I kid you not, at closer to 100% humidity. LOL. I only just now invested in a dehumidifier. Which I hope helps. But in order to keep my incubator dry (and keep bmy bedroom...
I’m a little reluctant to turn up the heat as I’m in Hawaii, with a background temp of 80+ degrees as it is.
But maybe I’ll raise it to 100 and see how it goes.
Okay this is weird... I have a very basic incubator. No fan for air circulation. I’ve been hatching my eggs at 99.5 degrees, with a pretty low success rate. (25%) (Which I chalked up to my high humidity.
Now, I just read that if you are using a still-air incubator, you‘re supposed to incubate...