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[jessiebrooke]

So tomorrow is day 18 and until a couple days ago i kept the humidity between 55-60 until i read that the airsac should be growing and the air sac for mine were small so i let the humidty do its own thing and its at 22% now and compared to pictures i seen the air sacs dont seem big enough yet? But i dont know if i should bump the humidity up to 60-65 or what humidity i should put it on. I checked the eggs and they are all active i dont want to raise the humidity too high and it kills them?

 

[Pyxis]

Can you post a picture of the air cell?

If they are too small, I would hold off on raising the humidity until you get your first internal pip, to hopefully allow the air cells to grow more.

Here's a chart that you can compare your air cells to:

 

[jessiebrooke]

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It looks like they are about the size they would be on day 14?

 

[jessiebrooke]

Can you post a picture of the air cell?

If they are too small, I would hold off on raising the humidity until you get your first internal pip, to hopefully allow the air cells to grow more.

Here's a chart that you can compare your air cells to:

View attachment 1209248

What percent of humidity should i set it to?

 

[Arielle2]

Keep the humity low, the 22 % is fine.

WAIT to add water to increase the humiidity until there is one egg pipping. You may get lucky and have a delayed hatch, depending on how well temps have been exactly on target.

When they hatch humidity will rise as the chicks are really wet at hatch and the inside of the egg is also moist.

I dont add water anymore at hatch. I rarely have issues that cant be solved. IMO eggs with insufficent decrease in moisture is a bigger problem than adding moisture for hatching. Hence I dont add water ....

Generally speaking I dry hatch.I f the woodstove is running which means the RH of winter is very dry, I will add water during incubation to keep it bouncing between 20-30, and monitor the cells, just like you are doing to keep them on track.

Good luck!!!

 

[Arielle2]

PS. i used a fan to help move OUT more air from my incubator.....which removed more moisture faster.
Does your incubator have a fan??? Be sure to use it.

 

[Arielle2]

Can you post a picture of the air cell?

If they are too small, I would hold off on raising the humidity until you get your first internal pip, to hopefully allow the air cells to grow more.

Here's a chart that you can compare your air cells to:

View attachment 1209248

This is very good. I kept a paper copy by incubator while candling.

 

[jessiebrooke]

Keep the humity low, the 22 % is fine.

WAIT to add water to increase the humiidity until there is one egg pipping. You may get lucky and have a delayed hatch, depending on how well temps have been exactly on target.

When they hatch humidity will rise as the chicks are really wet at hatch and the inside of the egg is also moist.

I dont add water anymore at hatch. I rarely have issues that cant be solved. IMO eggs with insufficent decrease in moisture is a bigger problem than adding moisture for hatching. Hence I dont add water ....

Generally speaking I dry hatch.I f the woodstove is running which means the RH of winter is very dry, I will add water during incubation to keep it bouncing between 20-30, and monitor the cells, just like you are doing to keep them on track.

Good luck!!!

At the beginning the temp dropped below 99.5 but i set it to 100 and it will go between 99.5 and 100 the only problem ive had is the humidity. They seem to all be moving around i thought i already heard them making noise but im not sure if it was my imagination. I dont know about a fan but its supposed to be a forced air incubator.

 

[jessiebrooke]

I have a chick whos membrane is yellow i got the humidity back up and im not sure whether i should help it or not? I see it moving but its not making much progress

 

[Altfrizzle]

How high do you have humidity now? How long ago did the chick pip? If it's the first pip, I'd maybe take it out real quick and apply coconut oil.