Chicken egg air cell day 14

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Hello. I have been trying to hatch chickens for the first time, but out of 4 eggs in the incubator, 2 were infertile so only 2 left. i have 1 egg i am unsure if the air cell is the correct size.I have dry incubated as the humidity here is quite high and it has stayed between 30-40%. They were put in the incubator at 8am 9th june so does that make today the 15th or the 14th? Also when is best to lockdown and how high should i put the humidity?
Thank you very much for any help. I really would like to get these little chickens to hatch. This picture is the air cell on day 6/7 and then last night.
 

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Hello. I have been trying to hatch chickens for the first time, but out of 4 eggs in the incubator, 2 were infertile so only 2 left. i have 1 egg i am unsure if the air cell is the correct size.I have dry incubated as the humidity here is quite high and it has stayed between 30-40%. They were put in the incubator at 8am 9th june so does that make today the 15th or the 14th? Also when is best to lockdown and how high should i put the humidity?
Thank you very much for any help. I really would like to get these little chickens to hatch. This picture is the air cell on day 6/7 and then last night.
Please any advice would be hugely appreciated.
 
Those look like fine air cells to me. Some eggs get lopsided right away, some stay pretty even until they're almost ready to hatch- I was worried about mine my first hatch, but I was weighing them so I knew I was getting the right amount of weightloss. 70% is a good humidity to aim for. Most people lockdown the 18th, but you can do it a bit earlier if you like, I've even see people say they don't do it until they see an internal pip. There's actually a fair bit of wiggle room.
Days counts completed days, so it's the 14th.
 
Thank you so much for replying, I feel much happier now. I have no idea what I'm doing and i compare to all the charts but then I get more unsure.Ok so I will aim for 70% humidity (should be easy here) from the 27th(18th day). Thank you very much.
 

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