Three wet chicks running aroung in the bator this morning. I have no idea which other ones have pipped now since the first arriving have rolled over most of the eggs.. should I be worried about this situation. The temp dropped to 97 in there last night also and the humidity is up to 75%, I have read this is normal though. Should I worry about the eggs that have gotten rolled over and around, including the others that have pipped already?
If you have plugs in air vents you can remove them to get the humidity back down under 70%, otherwise just pretend there is a combination lock on it and it will be a day or two before you get the combination - once the chicks have pipped internally, the humidity has to stay pretty stable otherwise the membrane can "shrink wrap" them and they won't be able to turn in the shell to get zipped. First 18 days high humidity can drown chicks, last 3 days it isn't so much of an issue, and yes it is common for the humidity to shoot up when chicks hatch. It is also common for the first to hatch to roll the other eggs around, and basically if they're going to hatch, they hatch regardless. I line the mesh with rubberized shelf paper to minimize it, and to give the chicks something easy to walk on, but obviously many, many chicks have hatched on just the mesh and thrived.
