High Humidity Please Help

[getaclue]

 

[DwayneNLiz]

View attachment 1164709 Ok so I’ve got 4 pips. But I’m a little nervous this one is unzipping wrong! Is this normal or okay?

Yayyyy!!!

It may knock a few holes before it actually starts zipping fully. Ducks do that alot, but my chickens usually continue once they get started. Once they really get started though, they should keep going, with only short pauses (a minute or two between punches). As long as it doesn't start going down the long axis of the egg, I'd let it do its thing. It should eventually straighten it out, and follow pretty much along your pencil line area.

zipping should take about 60-90 minutes

My temperature is currently 54F and the humidity relative to a temperature of 54 degrees is 74%. Tell me pray tell how sitting hens hatch chicks in conditions like these?

your chickens butt is warmer than that

 

[MrsChicky55]

Those really low pips are one of the reasons that I don't like to use egg cartons. Mainly because I'm too nosy and want to see everything going on! Lol

Have you seen pictures of drawdown? Once they really get into hatching position, the slight slope of the air cell that you see while doing early candling, gets much more elongated and misshapen. So depending on overall air cell size, and the size of the chick, very low pips can still be within the air cell, even though they are far outside of your drawn lines.

The one that hatched looks great, nice mostly clean shell. So I'm hoping you have more hatched now!

That baby chick with the low pip Hatched with no fuss at all! Just showed up in the incubator! It’s just now officially day 21 and 7 of 18 have hatched just fine. One has a curled toe though so I’m off to find remedies!

 

[getaclue]

It needs a boot.

 

[getaclue]

Here's a good video on making a chick boot.

 

[MrsChicky55]

Here's a good video on making a chick boot.

Thanks, that's my plan as soon as I dare open the incubator. I really like the method that they used to secure the tape first to make it easier. Thanks for sharing the video, that's exactly what I needed!

 

[MrsChicky55]

So far 7 chicks + 3 pips!

 

[UThobbyfarmer]

Yay! That's wonderful.

 

[WVduckchick]

 

[BYC910]

So far 7 chicks + 3 pips!

And the tree of experience sprouts yet another branch . Any more hatches ?