[chickens] First external pip and now with low humidity

[Kurstylicious]

Hi,

I have a janol 12 incubator, I'm at day 21 and with a mix of normal and bamtam chicken eggs. 7 of the 8 in there look viable. The smallest egg, has pipped this morning but i'm now at 55% humidity ..

Should I wait for the chick to zip some more - thus releasing humidity or should i add water now.

Background
In the uk.
Room temp 13c to 15c.
Upto lock-down: temps have been around 37.2 to 37.5c.
Humidity targeted for 45% and not letting it drop below 20%.
Egg weight loss, between 11 to 17%

lockdown
target humidity: 65% (ranging between 60 and 69%|) - topping up when it has reached 54%
temps just a degree lower.


With janol being what it is, i've been a little conservative on the temps, going for slightly lower temps, so you end up with a longer hatch.

so coming back to the question


Should I wait for the chick to zip some more - thus releasing humidity or should i add water now.

 

[Erba]

I really wouldn't want to open the incubator at this point. 55% isn't low enough to worry too much.

 

[Kurstylicious]

Second one is now zipping and multiple hammering sounds is going on. So I'm leaving the lid on. The humidity is still at 55c and should spike upwards once one of chicks is out, Temp is 37.2 now and will fluctuate so i'm leaving it as it is as long as theres action