Day 7 air cell size

[Chicken12367]

Hi all, I'm incubating some shipped orpington eggs, I candled them on day 7 and the air cells looked bigger than what they're supposed to look like on day 7 when compared to a diagram. In an attempt to slow down air cell growth I've increased the humidity. It was around 28-34% before but now I've added a little water and managed to get it around 45%-50% will this be suitable for slowing down air cell growth and allowing the chick to catch up. Also when candling I noticed that once of the egg has a saddled shape air cell, do you have any experience with saddled shaped air cells and does anything need to be done differently? Is 45%-50% high enough to slow down air cell growth or should I increase it further? I'll be candling again on day 14 and will adjust the humidity depending on the size of the air cell. Thanks in advance.

 

[muddy75]

pictures? is your hygrometer salt tested / calibrated
have you incubated before? IME chicken eggs are more “forgiving” but it’s best to incubate at similar humidity to ambient
@Kiki anything to add?

 

[Chicken12367]

pictures? is your hygrometer salt tested / calibrated
have you incubated before? IME chicken eggs are more “forgiving” but it’s best to incubate at similar humidity to ambient
@Kiki anything to add?

I didn't manage to get any pictures
I salt tested all hygrometers before starting incubating, the digital ones read 6% lower and the analogues read 4% lower
I've incubated before but this is only my second time incubating shipped eggs, first time with shipped eggs I managed to get a 100% hatch rate, that was in the winter and I kept the humidity around 45% days 1-18. The room humidity fluctuates throughout the day but typically stays within the 55%-65% range. Should I keep the humidity at around 50% to slow the growth of the air cell, they looked somewhere close to day 10 or 11 air cells.
Thanks

 

[Kiki]

I wouldn't increase the humidity.
I have had some really messed up air cells, from shipping, that ended up hatching just fine.

The less you mess with things the better.

 

[Chicken12367]

I wouldn't increase the humidity.
I have had some really messed up air cells, from shipping, that ended up hatching just fine.

The less you mess with things the better.

Okay I'll let the water evaporate and continue as I was doing before with no water and humidity around 30%. Its weird because I've got some more shipped orpington eggs in another incubator in the same room and the humidity is around 28% but their air cells seem to be on track.
Thanks

 

[Di's Ladys]

Air cells on day 7. Do they look too large? Humidity is 35-40%. Should I increase it?

 

[Kiki]

Air cells on day 7. Do they look too large? Humidity is 35-40%. Should I increase it?

They look great. I would not increase the humidity if I were you.

 

[Chicken12367]

Air cells on day 7. Do they look too large? Humidity is 35-40%. Should I increase it?

Look good to me!