Smileybans
Crowing
I started dry hatching because trying to keep the humidity up in my big still air incubator was just too much. And I killed too many chicks doing the recommended humidity for the whole hatch. Well I’m running into an issue with lockdown. I do the dry hatch in my still air incubator. Then move the chicken eggs on day 18 to my forced air incubator. I keep the humidity above 60%. Sometimes it reaches 70%. I’ll have about 20 eggs go into the incubator and only 11 will hatch. The other 9 are fully formed and moving when I put them in on day 18. Is the sudden humidity change killing them? Is that even possible?
I’ve also had eggs hatch in my still air incubator with no water at all. These were eggs I didn’t realize were so far along and hatched while still turning and no high humidity. How can the eggs in my still air incubator make it with no humidity but the ones I put into lockdown, with the recommended humidity, die?
I know 11 is a good number but I’d like my numbers to be better. I’m also hatching eggs for a local farmer who is just starting out and the eggs aren’t hatching. Neither are some of mine so it isn’t totally his eggs.
I’ve also had eggs hatch in my still air incubator with no water at all. These were eggs I didn’t realize were so far along and hatched while still turning and no high humidity. How can the eggs in my still air incubator make it with no humidity but the ones I put into lockdown, with the recommended humidity, die?
I know 11 is a good number but I’d like my numbers to be better. I’m also hatching eggs for a local farmer who is just starting out and the eggs aren’t hatching. Neither are some of mine so it isn’t totally his eggs.