I just completed my first hatch on Sunday and have a few questions regarding the outcome. I started running my incubator on Saturday, July 6th and started monitoring the temperature and humidity. I have the Brinsea Mini Eco and I noticed that the humidity was running at 70% with only one well full. I assumed that this was because I live in a very humid part of Texas so I removed the water and watched the humidity fall to 55% and stay there. I placed the eggs in the incubator on Monday, July 8th having watched the humidity stay between 45-55% and the temperature stay at 99.5 for a full 24 hours. These conditions were constant through the entire incubation period. I kept a log and tract the conditions three times a day. I also weighed my eggs every 3 days and at lockdown they had lost 12% of their total weight. On Sunday morning around 9 all of my 7 eggs but one Jungle Fowl had piped. By Sunday night at 9 I had 1 Jungle Fowl, 1 Silkie, 1 Olive Egger and 3 Easter Eggers. (I know it is an odd mix but that is another long story.) I waited until Monday morning to move the chicks from the incubator to the brooder & while moving them I noticed that the Jungle Fowl has a bald spot on it's head and the Olive Egger has curled toes. Are these abnormalities a result of the incubation period? I still have the last Jungle Fowl in the incubator in hopes that it will hatch. Should I give up on it? Thank you for any wisdom you can share with me.
