HELP?! Day 21!

[Drulie]

this is my second time incubating eggs. when i candled a few of eggs around day 8-9 all had veining and things were looking like they were oing to be a much better hatch. now it is day 21 and no pips or anything. i wasn't able to remove the egg turned until the morning of day 19 and after i did this i bumped up the humidity. late in the day on day 20 i noticed that the hydrometer only read "HIGH" for the humitiy instead of a number. i figured this meant it was well above 75-80%. i removed a sponge and now have the humitiy around 65%.
i also didn't know untill today that past day 18 the incubator should be turned down slightly so i just did that. the eggs may have been at 100-101.5 since day one. i guess i am wondering if i killed all the eggs and should i lower my hopes for this hatch, or scap them completely due to these factors. any insight would be greatly appreciated. i am getting worried b/c last hatch (one with far more variation in temp and humitiy) things had piped and hatched by now but this hatch i still see nothing different about the eggs.

 

[JewellFarm]

At this point all you can do is cross your fingers and hope. You don't see any movement or hear anything? Don't totally give up. I usually leave mine that don't hatch until day 23 anyway, just in case.

 

[Drulie]

arggggggg. i just found out that last night the pwer went out for about an hour as well. dsa;lkfgjasdlk;fj. i have an lg if that helps anyone trying to help. is there anyway chickies could have survived through this all?!

 

[IggiMom]

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Well, I wish you luck.

I never heard that the incubator should be turned down toward the end. In fact, with the Genesis it would be a little tricky to do so.

Why would that be?

Catherine

 

[Drulie]

yeah im not sure the temp thing is a huge of an issue as me possibly having drowned the chicks with too much humidity

plus getting them into the hatching tray a day late. not to mention the power outage. blahhh!

 

[DANNY]

None of those should be a factor except humidity and the temperature during incubation.

 

[Drulie]

my question now is how much humidity is too much? any help would be greatly appreciated. is 90% for a day or two enough to do it?

 

[Drulie]

still no action with my eggs

still would like to know if the humidity was the cause my misfortune.

 

[tnlorprazer]

I'm new so I don't know and can't help but I just wanted to say I'm hoping for the best for you and the chicks...

 

[Drulie]

I THINK I HEARD A CHIRP! wish me luck!