HELP - humidity TOO high during hatch

[thegreypony]

I tried a quick search but couldn't find what I needed fast. We have a Hovabator with the warm air circulator. - DD is hatching broilers for a 4-H project; agent gave us 60 eggs. 30+ have hatched and the inside of the bator is "raining". We are 36 hours into this hatch. I can't read the humidity read out b/c of condensation. Can I go ahead and pull the hatched chicks? IDK how to get this humidity down...chicks have stopped drying. I can pull them all and put them in our nice brooder, etc. Never had this issue before - we've only done the incubator once and always just use broody hens.

Advice, please...thanks so much!!

 

[Kelsie2290]

I would take out the hatched chicks, especially if the humidity is that high. I use Hovabators for hatching and routinely pull chicks out about once a day. If the humidity is really high, like over 75, I will put paperclips or something along the edge of the incubator to crack the lid a little, this will usually drop the humidity to more reasonable levels but doesn't seem to affect the temperature.