huge air sack? need help!

[silkielover92]

this is my first time incubating eggs and I am trying the dry incubation process I candled tonight and am on day 15 but the 6 that are supposed to hatch soon seem to have a abnormally large air sack is this normal? I read somewhere that when the air sac is too big it means they are shrink wrapped... Is their any way to fix this?

 

[sumi]

I can't find anything suggesting how to fix this. What is your humidity now? You might still be able to get viable chicks out of this hatch

Here's a good guide to humidity and moisture loss for next time:

http://www.brinsea.com/customerservice/humidity.html

https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/how-to-incubate-hatch-eggs-using-the-dry-incubation-method

And just in case you need to help these guys hatch read through here:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/step-by-step-guide-to-assisted-hatching

Best of luck!

 

[Impress]

You may have waited too late to correct this sadly. You have to watch those air cells like a hawk, and weigh those eggs regularly with dry incubation.

 

[silkielover92]

Poop, okay thank you.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

I can't find anything suggesting how to fix this. What is your humidity now? You might still be able to get viable chicks out of this hatch

Here's a good guide to humidity and moisture loss for next time:

http://www.brinsea.com/customerservice/humidity.html

https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/how-to-incubate-hatch-eggs-using-the-dry-incubation-method

And just in case you need to help these guys hatch read through here:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/step-by-step-guide-to-assisted-hatching

Best of luck!

x2

 

[CayuseRanch]

Pics of the air cell might help. If this isyour first time, large to you maybe norma.

 

[silkielover92]

I bumped the humidity to 45-50 hoping that may help a bit. I will try to take picture tonight, thank you for your guys,help!

 

[fireflyhatchery]

I have found that 60% humidity the whole time gets a better overall hatch rate. Evening bumping it to 65% during setting is ideal. Hope it helps for nxt time

 

[Impress]

You must live somewhere dry firefly, if I kept my humidity at 60%, I would end up with drowned soup chicks. I live in the mountains where the humidity is always high to begin with.

 

[fireflyhatchery]

Ya I live in Iowa and it is a dry winter usually.