Hatching Natural eggs

[nuthatched]

It’s just so hard when the RIR are the ones not hatching the other day I only peeled off the bit where it’s beak was out so it could breathe better and it died after fully hatching and today the last but late one died when I didn’t help it at all but had fully hatched out. Maybe it got stood on? As the hen had gotten out to eat with her one chick.
So next time I’m going to put them in their own little coop under shade on one level with their own food and water I have nine eggs that I put under her all on same day and try one more time because it’s sad to see 90% dead chicks each hatch on average. The first batch I wasn’t there for and that’s how my hubby had it set up and he got 5/7 survived and it’s fine that 4/5 are roosters but I can’t handle seeing so many dying chicks fully hatched out

Seperate the broody hen to private coop, do not allow another hen to lay on or in a clutch. Break one of the broodiness.
One clutch= 1 hen. That's why the eggs are broken and trampled.
Unless a nest and hen has privacy, it won't succeed.

 

[jessvolvochick]

Seperate the broody hen to private coop, do not allow another hen to lay on or in a clutch. Break one of the broodiness.
One clutch= 1 hen. That's why the eggs are broken and trampled.
Unless a nest and hen has privacy, it won't succeed.

I have done this today but worried about humidity but I guess we will see in 7 days if high humidity isn’t a problem for pipping

 

[KF0002]

Do they shrink wrap if the humidity is too high?

No they shrink wrap when the humidity is too low, or it takes them too long to hatch. The membrane that surrounds the chick dries out and gets stuck to the chick, essentially vacuum sealing it and it is pretty much stuck without human intervention at that point.

 

[KF0002]

If humidity is too high like 99% as we have lots of rain coming for when they are meant to hatch in 7 days time is there anything I can do to help them hatch and not die before or after pipping

During incubation (the first 18 days) the humidity should be kept no higher than around 40% or so. Any higher than that and the eggs do not lose enough moisture and this causes extra fluid to rush into the air cell when the chick internally pips, causing it to drown. I have better luck with a dryer incubation method and raise the humidity during lockdown like normal to 65-70% the last 3 days. My "sweet spot" for hatching chicken eggs is a humidity in the 30's the first 18 days. I have excellent hatch rates, and if an egg can be hatched I will hatch it. lol

 

[jessvolvochick]

During incubation (the first 18 days) the humidity should be kept no higher than around 40% or so. Any higher than that and the eggs do not lose enough moisture and this causes extra fluid to rush into the air cell when the chick internally pips, causing it to drown. I have better luck with a dryer incubation method and raise the humidity during lockdown like normal to 65-70% the last 3 days. My "sweet spot" for hatching chicken eggs is a humidity in the 30's the first 18 days. I have excellent hatch rates, and if an egg can be hatched I will hatch it. lol

Well it’s almost always 90% around where we live now and natural hatching I can’t really help that but csn I help them as they pip so they don’t drown?

 

[nuthatched]

Well it’s almost always 90% around where we live now and natural hatching I can’t really help that but csn I help them as they pip so they don’t drown?

Nothing, I'm sorry.
If you want the hen to do the work naturally, then you must accept that 'natural ' means no interference from you to get natural results. Death and poor hatch rates are a prominent part of that.