Help. Chicks dying half out of shell...

[Poultry keeper2]

Sure!

 

[Poultry keeper2]

There,

 

[AmyLynn2374]

So here they are

Ok, it looks like a couple of those you are candling from the small end, and the one from the air cell is covered by your hand. To actual see the air cell, you have to candle down into it from the big end where the air cell is. If it's easier you can actually trace the air cell in pencil and take a regular pic of the egg with it traced instead of a candling pic.

 

[Poultry keeper2]

Ok, it looks like a couple of those you are candling from the small end, and the one from the air cell is covered by your hand. To actual see the air cell, you have to candle down into it from the big end where the air cell is. If it's easier you can actually trace the air cell in pencil and take a regular pic of the egg with it traced instead of a candling pic.

So I see no airsack and that is probably the humidity 60%65% and humidity that's a little to high so what should I lower it too?

 

[Poultry keeper2]

And my incubator is styrofoam just so you know

 

[PD-Riverman]

And my incubator is styrofoam just so you know

Styrofoams are good as long as the temp and Humidity are right. I have and use them too as well as the cabinets. I only had 2 in the mud room in this pic but have had 4.

 

[Poultry keeper2]

Styrofoams are good as long as the temp and Humidity are right. I have and use them too as well as the cabinets. I only had 2 in the mud room in this pic but have had 4.

. So what should the temp and humidity be? Sorry I'm new at this

 

[AmyLynn2374]

So I see no airsack and that is probably the humidity 60%65% and humidity that's a little to high so what should I lower it too?

You won't see the air cell if you candle from the small end. In the second pic where the light is shinning bright, that should be the air cell, but your hand covers it. The other two pics it appears you are candling from the small end, and that will not light the air cell so you can see it. So I can't really say the air cell is small, cause you can't tell in the pics.
Personally, I would never suggest higher than 45% humidity to anyone not in a high elevation incubating standard chicken eggs without the air cells pointing to needing a higher humidity. I prefer 30% and monitoring my air cells.

 

[AmyLynn2374]

. So what should the temp and humidity be? Sorry I'm new at this

Temps should be 99.5 for forced air, and 101-102 taken near the tops of the eggs for still air. Here's my answer to humidity: http://letsraisechickens.weebly.com...anuals-understanding-and-controlling-humidity

 

[Poultry keeper2]

You won't see the air cell if you candle from the small end. In the second pic where the light is shinning bright, that should be the air cell, but your hand covers it. The other two pics it appears you are candling from the small end, and that will not light the air cell so you can see it. So I can't really say the air cell is small, cause you can't tell in the pics.
Personally, I would never suggest higher than 45% humidity to anyone not in a high elevation incubating standard chicken eggs without the air cells pointing to needing a higher humidity. I prefer 30% and monitoring my air cells.

I look for the air sack both sides nothing, then I saw your website and it said you should lower it so I did,to 45% ish then I looked on another website because mines strafoam and it said 60% sorry I'm really mixed up here.