Eggs sitting on wet paper towel Help ‼️

[lmadeline146]

I’m not home right now and I have around 5 chicks hatched (day 20) and the paper towel under my eggs got soaked. Will they be okay until 3? The humidity went up to around 75% but they all seem ok and keep hatching on the camera. A family member is home, should I tell her to remove the wet paper towel? It’s touching all of the other eggs.

 

[Ridgerunner]

I'd leave it alone. The risk of being wet is mostly that they can chill. In the incubator at those temperatures they are not going to chill. I think you risk causing more harm by removing it that leaving it alone. It is typical that humidity rises, often more than that, when they hatch. The release a lot of moisture into the incubator as they dry off.

At 75% humidity in there they should dry out and be nice and fluffy if you give them time. Mine have at 85% humidity. But be careful when you move them to the brooder so they don't chill then.