Help. Chicks dying half out of shell...

[Poultry keeper2]

Yeah I don't see any air sack yet even though it's day seven, is there anything wrong?

 

[Poultry keeper2]

You can adjust humidity at anytime, but your best bet is to go by your air cell development (which the link I shared explains.) If you've never checked your hygrometer for accuracy it could be reading high and not actually that high. I know a handful of people who pull off incubating at 50%, but I honestly don't know anyone not in a high elevation, that can incubate that high successfully. It's not impossible, just rare. At least in the table top incubators.

 

[AmyLynn2374]

Yeah I don't see any air sack yet even though it's day seven, is there anything wrong?

At day 7, you should definitely be seeing the air sac. Personally, I would run dry for a few days and see if you can get them growing. You can raise it or lower it when needed up to hatch time. Then it needs to be up. Best thing is for the air cell to gradually grow at a more even rate, but most important is that it does grow and the air cell looses enough moisture prior to hatch.

 

[Poultry keeper2]

What do you, mean by

At day 7, you should definitely be seeing the air sac. Personally, I would run dry for a few days and see if you can get them growing. You can raise it or lower it when needed up to hatch time. Then it needs to be up. Best thing is for the air cell to gradually grow at a more even rate, but most important is that it does grow and the air cell looses enough moisture prior to hatch.

What do yo mean by running dry?

 

[AmyLynn2374]

What do you, mean by
What do yo mean by running dry?

No water in the incubator.

 

[Poultry keeper2]

For how long?

 

[AmyLynn2374]

For how long?

Until your air cells are where they need to be.

 

[Poultry keeper2]

So I should candle them every day until it starts? Should I at least leave the humidity at 10%.

 

[Poultry keeper2]

Until your air cells are where they need to be.

 

[AmyLynn2374]

So I should candle them every day until it starts? Should I at least leave the humidity at 10%.

How low is the bator humidity when it's dry?