Humidity Disaster at hatch?

[ChelsisChooks]

Yesterday I had 11 chicks hatch of 21. I had taken 9 under lights and left 2 in the incubator. They were still hatching at 1am when I went to bed (I couldn’t stop watching). I recall the humidity was low (50 I think) so I put more water in the channels. I don’t know what I was thinking... if I added too much or if this thunderstorm and heavy rain we had last night played a part but when I got up at 8 this morn I checked the incubator at the humidity was 98%!!! There were 6 little ones chirping away but appeared wet. I sopped up condensation I could reach inside and when I handled the little one I could feel they were more crusty feeling than wet so I decided to take them and put under lights with the rest so I could lift the tray and get out more water. One Black Copper Marans egg had a little hole (same size as it did last night.) and when I listened I could hear chirping inside.

Question is... given what happened do I help the little one still alive in the shell?
There are 4 of 6 double silver Laced Barnevelder eggs in there that haven’t hatched overnight .

 

[chickens really]

No it will hatch so keep waiting.

 

[Keeperofmunchkins]

Very high humidity for a few hours is not as bad as too low humidity. When chicks hatch the humidity shoots up anyway, so I'm hopeful your eggs are OK, especially if the humidity was low enough for the first 18 days.