HEEEEELP me, im PANICKING!

[poultryrox11]

I know i'm not supposed to post the same thing twice, but we just went from 6 pips to 10 pips in 2 min. a day early and 69% humidity! I don't know what to do with the humidity and my mom wants to open it and i don't know!!!

Help me!

 

[piccolini]

The humidity sounds fine to me. Don't open the bator- they need the humidity or you end up with chicks that get stuck in their shells.
Good luck! Sounds like you did a good job if you got them this far

for you!

 

[poultryrox11]

Okay, we will leave it! Lots and lts of tapping and pipping and peeping! I hop it goes okay!!!

 

[victor1800]

the humidty will go up high when chicks hatch and release moisture into bator. This is what I have read on the info around this site.

it should not be a problem

 

[piccolini]

How exciting! What are you hatching??

 

[poultryrox11]

I hope not

I heard it can drown them at 70% ?Or is that during the beginning of lockdown?I'm confused!!

 

[poultryrox11]

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Not sure, actually, we got the eggs from our flock and they should be crosses between production reds, barreds, new hampshire reds,golden laced wyandottes, welsummers red sexlinks and so on. I don't know what they will be.

 

[piccolini]

Thats what I'v got in the incubator right now too! A whole lot of who knows what

 

[Diamond Wire Farms]

If they are pipping and moving you are doing fine. DON'T open the bator!!!!! If you are at or above 70%, I would have the vents open full, but I would leave the lid closed. Congrats!!!! Sit on you hands and count babies!

 

[jvls1942]

if they are pipped, they will not drown.. they drown before they pip, if they are going to drown at all..

high humidity in the bator is not a problem at hatch.. remember, inside the egg it is 100% humidity so anything in the bator is actually less...