High Humidity During Incubation What To Do At Lockdown?

[JekkaLynn]

The humidity in my incubator has stayed up around 50 all through the incubation. Today is day 18 and I am not sure what to do for raising humidity during Lockdown.
Do I raise it now like normal or wait until I are a pie to give them an extra day to loose moisture?

 

[WalnutHill]

What do the air cells look like compared to the day 18 illustrations?

 

[JekkaLynn]

These are Maran eggs so very dark and hard to candle. I candled and a few are close to what they should be but most look closer to day 14. I haven't had ANY water in the incubator at al. During this hatch but it has been a cloudy and humid couple of weeks.

 

[MeepBeep]

You need the high humidity for hatch to avoid shrink wrap, and at this point it's too late to change anything in the egg... It might be advisable for you to put the egg fat side up in an egg carton or cardboard ring to mitigate a drowning risk by keeping the egg orientated properly...

 

[JekkaLynn]

I already put them all air pocket side up in egg cartons.

How high should I put the humidity?

I wish this hatch had turned out better. I am hatching them for a friend.

 

[JekkaLynn]

I would have shocked them more often but I was in the hospital a few days after starting them and was very weak and shaky for the past few weeks and was worried I would drop one if I tried handling them to much.

 

[MeepBeep]

For hatch day it'self once they externally pip I like to keep mine in about 70%, if they are having a hard time I have a mini humidifier in there so I can even bump it up higher...

 

[WalnutHill]

With the weather being as you described, probably not much you could have done other than modify ventilation. Go with what you have, the cartons are a good idea, and good luck.

 

[WalnutHill]

How did your hatch go?

 

[JekkaLynn]

I got four chick. They came from eggs from ing door in the bator where the temp was always a bit higher so I am going to give the other eggs a few extra days.

None of the rest have even pipped though so I am starting to loose hope.