Chicks seem underdeveloped at day 18

[Orangeblossomhoney]

Lower humidity during incubation or hatching or both?
Thanks for the advice.

 

[JustAChickenLoverOverHere]

I am in Florida. Lol. Will that temperature change help the possibly underdeveloped chicks?

Oh! Yes! During lockdown, if the temp is even .5 degrees lower, it seems to encourage them to hatch.

 

[JustAChickenLoverOverHere]

Lower humidity during incubation or hatching or both?
Thanks for the advice.

Hatching humidity seems fine. Maybe aim for 62%. Incubation I would aim for maybe 42%

 

[Orangeblossomhoney]

Oh! Yes! During lockdown, if the temp is even .5 degrees lower, it seems to encourage them to hatch.

Oh ok, I will lower that temperature then.

 

[JustAChickenLoverOverHere]

Oh ok, I will lower that temperature the .

Not that much though! A degree or .5 of a degree is good.

 

[Orangeblossomhoney]

Hatching humidity seems fine. Maybe aim for 62%. Incubation I would aim for maybe 42%

Ok, thank you!

 

[Davethebirdman]

So, I just put a ton of eggs in the hatcher for lockdown, as it is day 18.
However, I candled each one as I put it in there, and most of them filled most of the egg, like they're supposed to.
However, there were at least 6-8, all from the same egg supplier but different breeds, that barely filled half the shell. they were alive and kicking, but seem so very tiny.

Should I still put them in lockdown??

Why are you hatching a ton of eggs when it sounds like you don’t know exactly what you are doing? I can’t understand people who seem so negligent with birds, try and raise rare ones, etc. when they don’t understand how to raise chickens.

 

[Orangeblossomhoney]

Why are you hatching a ton of eggs when it sounds like you don’t know exactly what you are doing? I can’t understand people who seem so negligent with birds, try and raise rare ones, etc. when they don’t understand how to raise chickens.

I am not negligent with my chickens. I have an anomaly that I have not experienced before, and thought I would see if anyone here had encountered the same thing.
I have been raising chickens my entire life, I am not a newbie at raising chickens.
Although I am fairly new at incubating eggs, I have done my research and have a good grasp on the process and methods involved in incubating and hatching eggs.
When I encounter something new for me, I find it best to ask those who have more experience, as real life advice usually trumps textbook hatching directions. Additionally, the best way to learn is to ask questions.

Don't make rude assumptions.

 

[Davethebirdman]

Raising chickens and hatching eggs are not the same thing. You are negligent you just stated youve never done it before so you decided to hatch quote ‘a ton.’
Why are you hatching a ton of eggs when you don’t know how?

 

[JustAChickenLoverOverHere]

Raising chickens and hatching eggs are not the same thing. You are negligent you just stated youve never done it before so you decided to hatch quote ‘a ton.’
Why are you hatching a ton of eggs when you don’t know how?

The OP has hatched eggs before with a fairly decent hatch rate. They have something that is causing the embryos in the eggs to appear smaller than what they usually do. Please, if you have nothing helpful or nice to say to the OP, keep to yourself. Thank you.