Please don't beat yourself up. I know that it doesn't make any difference to have folks tell you that, you feel awful anyway. We have all done this stuff, and then there's me who has had several botched hatches and done similar things, solely through thinking that I could out smart Mother Nature. Incubation is an artificial activity and it is only through lots of experience and failures that we can manage to learn how to at least control the artifice and hopefully produce some happy, healthy chicks.Thank you I feel pretty dumb about the whole thing and so guilty that now all these little chicks might drown I did as you suggested and put a sock with rice in and covered one of the grooves. Right now humidity is at 57% and hopefully it will come down more!
I appreciate the clarity. I might have figured it out but given my track record who knows
It is very important to have gadgets that you can rely on for this. Humidity and temp. are the most important things to control as you have now discovered. Calibrate both hygrometer and thermometer so you know exactly what is going on, and if not exact, at least within safe limits. Good luck on your next hatch, don't give up. Hatching, as you will come to realize, is totally addicting.