StormsnSaugeye
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- Jul 16, 2018
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Yeah Sticky eggs can be a real killer. The guide to hatching brought up the problem of there being too much fluid, which can overstress and kill the chick during the pipping stage. At one point I noticed my humidity was insanely high because I had followed the instructions for the incubator itself. When I began comparing the cells with images and references here on the site, I followed a step of draining all the water from it and running it at about 35% humidity up until I did the safety holes last night and into this morning. The change in air cell size after that was remarkable. They quickly expanded and save a few which haven't even pipped internally yet, all have been breathing fine for about 24 hours now. As the guide says: The importance of humidity can never be understated. I bought a few hygrometers on Amazon, made sure they were calibrated, and tossed them in. It was a worth while investment as it allowed me to get an accurate reading of humidity inside the bator.
