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[MamaDucken]

You have plenty of time to bring it back down and even it out so that the eggs loose enough moisture and the air cells grow. 70% if that is an accurate reading will drown them at hatch if it stays that high as an average.  Myself, I run at 30%. I also run dry when I can (if the humidity stays above 25%). I never use my water wells for the first 17 days. If I need a bit more moisture I will add a wet sponge to the bator.  Best thing you can do is empty the bator and monitor the humidity for 24 hours and see where it levels out. If it stays 30-40 without water, don't bother adding water. At day 7 check your air cells for growth and then decide if and how you need to adjust. You can get more details here: http://letsraisechickens.weebly.com...anuals-understanding-and-controlling-humidity  (If you are in a high altitude than a higher humidity will be needed.)

Thank you so much! I added a small rice bag and the humidity has dropped. The first few days it stayed between 50% and 65% and then it suddenly jumped up to 87%. Once i added the rice bag, the humidity came back down to 60% and has been staying between 50-60%. Is this okay for now?? I will be candling the eggs again on sunday. I decided this was a great way for my kids to learn how eggs hatch and im hoping i dont kill the babies.

 

[chicklover 1998]

Quote: that works just fine, same concept as drying out a phone the rice will help take out excess moisture when not needed.

 

[chick786]

Hi guys it's hatch day for me today day 21 started about 9 hours ago but no pips yet and my humidity is still showing 54% what shouldo I do will they hatch.

 

[chicklover 1998]

leave them alone until they are dry quick pull them out put them in the brooder.

 

[chicklover 1998]

Hi guys it's hatch day for me today day 21 started about 9 hours ago but no pips yet and my humidity is still showing 54% what shouldo I do will they hatch.

they will hatch, maybe just a little late, I had some eggs that didn't start until day 22 last month, i figured my bator must have been running a degree or so lower than what it said but I haven't had any more problems.

 

[AmyLynn2374]

Hi guys it's hatch day for me today day 21 started about 9 hours ago but no pips yet and my humidity is still showing 54% what shouldo I do will they hatch.

Well, it depends why you haven't seen action yet. If your temps were a little low, it could just be a matter of a slight delay in hatching. If you don't have your own thermometer and hygrometer in t he bator that has been checked and are depending on an incubator's read outs, it highly possible the read outs you are going by are off (especially with the digital Little Giants such as the 9300 and 10300).

If your humidity was too high during the first 17 days of incubation, it could compromise the hatch after lockdown.

If you had an extreme temp spike at any point, it could compromise the hatch.

Did you candle before lockdown? If so, were the eggs still viable?

54% is low for hatch humidity.

 

[chick786]

Well, it depends why you haven't seen action yet.  If your temps were a little low, it could just be a matter of a slight delay in hatching. If you don't have your own thermometer and hygrometer in t he bator that has been checked and are depending on an incubator's read outs, it highly possible the read outs you are going by are off (especially with the digital Little Giants such as the 9300 and 10300).  

If your humidity was too high during the first 17 days of incubation, it could compromise the hatch after lockdown.

If you had an extreme temp spike at any point, it could compromise the hatch.

Did you candle before lockdown? If so, were the eggs still viable?

54% is low for hatch humidity.

I candled the eggs on the 18 day all were alive the temp between the first 18 days has been 37.5 - 37.9

The humidity on the first 18 days was 45 - 49

I have added water but humidity wont rise above 55 i think there might be too much water now usually dont have this problem im unsure if my egs are safe its day 21 should i risk opening and taking some water out just incase.

 

[chick786]

Ive went ahead and quicly candled 1 egg and it is pipping the air sac hope it wasnt out for long about 10 seconds will update tomorrow.

 

[AmyLynn2374]

Ive went ahead and quicly candled 1 egg and it is pipping the air sac hope it wasnt out for long about 10 seconds will update tomorrow.

That's excellent! What incubator are you using?

 

[chick786]

Its a yellow one off of ebay i got it 2-3 years ago always given me 80% hatch rate dont know whats up with it this time maybe time to replace it. But i need these eggs to hatch got some rare indian game and gold partridge brahmas in there