HELP crushed egg shell with chick about to hatch

[007Sean]

Almost an hour

Give it about 2 hours to settle down...it will probably have a different reading by then...are both troughs full of water?
Ideally, it should be setup and run for at least 24 hours before putting any eggs in it, to be sure it has stabilized but I understand the urgency!
With mine the inner most ring, when filled would hold the humidity at 45% RH. With both filled it would go beyond 80% . I would only partially fill the outer ring until I got a reading of 60 -65% RH for the final 3 days of incubation.

 

[Krazy_chicken_lady1205]

Give it about 2 hours to settle down...it will probably have a different reading by then...are both troughs full of water?
Ideally, it should be setup and run for at least 24 hours before putting any eggs in it, to be sure it has stabilized but I understand the urgency!
With mine the inner most ring, when filled would hold the humidity at 45% RH. With both filled it would go beyond 80% . I would only partially fill the outer ring until I got a reading of 60 -65% RH for the final 3 days of incubation.

If I use a syringe or something to remove some water would that fix it, the eggs have started hatching and I’m afraid if I don’t move them something will happen to them, I’ve got killer chickens that have killed one of my baby chicks before and the egg box is kinda high off the ground and I have another trying to get in the egg box with the hen and baby’s

 

[007Sean]

If I use a syringe or something to remove some water would that fix it, the eggs have started hatching and I’m afraid if I don’t move them something will happen to them, I’ve got killer chickens that have killed one of my baby chicks before and the egg box is kinda high off the ground and I have another trying to get in the egg box with the hen and baby’s

Yeah, if you can remove some of the water, I would. Too much humidity can cause just as many problems as too little humidity.
It's the surface area that matters, so by removing the water until it's mostly gone from the outer trough, it should start to come down.

ETA - it also depends on the ambient humidity at your location, how much water to add to bring it up to the % RH you want.

 

[Krazy_chicken_lady1205]

Yeah, if you can remove some of the water, I would. Too much humidity can cause just as many problems as too little humidity.
It's the surface area that matters, so by removing the water until it's mostly gone from the outer trough, it should start to come down.

ETA - it also depends on the ambient humidity at your location, how much water to add to bring it up to the % RH you want.

Quick update I move the hen and egg and chick to safer spot and she now refuses to sit on them I brought the chick inside with a heat lamp but the other eggs are still out I got humidity down to 81% by removing so much water

 

[007Sean]

Quick update I move the hen and egg and chick to safer spot and she now refuses to sit on them I brought the chick inside with a heat lamp but the other eggs are still out I got humidity down to 81% by removing so much water

If you have room, I'd bring the other eggs in and put them in the bator.
Taking the top off the bator for a short period will help lower the humidity, too! If none of the eggs have pipped, yet.

 

[007Sean]

Here's mine that hatched at 2:33am this morning! Should have 30 by days end. More pipped and hatching as I post this.

 

[Krazy_chicken_lady1205]

Here's mine that hatched at 2:33am this morning! Should have 30 by days end. More pipped and hatching as I post this.
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They’re precious
We got ours in incubator and got humidity stable at 72% I have the temperature at 99.0° F should I increase it, we also have several eggs moving and one has piped but hasn’t done much then that and it piped a while ago I believe, I also hear a bunch of peeps Thank y’all all so much even if one didn’t make it I think y’all helped me save the rest

 

[007Sean]

Yikes, my post of my pheasant chicks was on the wrong thread....anyway, the humidity will probably continue to drop a little. You can regulate it a little by opening or closing the vent on top, if I were you, I'd open it up all the way...at least for a while to see where the humidity goes to...your not that far off from being in range right now.

ETA - I usually open the vent on mine half way the whole time.

 

[WVduckchick]

They’re precious
We got ours in incubator and got humidity stable at 72% I have the temperature at 99.0° F should I increase it, we also have several eggs moving and one has piped but hasn’t done much then that and it piped a while ago I believe, I also hear a bunch of peeps Thank y’all all so much even if one didn’t make it I think y’all helped me save the rest

That's awesome! I'm glad its working out for you.

By the way, I think you said something about day 19 the other day. For future incubations, if you do any, that incubator counts DOWN instead of up. That's how it knows when to turn off the turner, for a full incubation. When it gets down to 3 days, the turner stops. And to reset the days, you have to do a full reset, (I forget which 2 buttons you have to press and hold) and also reset the temperature, if you change it from factory setting. I run mine at 100.2, I think, to keep the actual at 99-100.

For removing water, you can stick the corner of a towel in the outside fill port, and let it wick water out of the channels. Its not a fast process, but it will eventually dry up, if you ever needed to. Propping up the opposite corner a tiny bit will help move the water that direction too.