humidity getting too high during hatch?

[birdbrain5]

i had 6 chicks hatch back to back over night, and my humidity is in the 80's, is this too high? i have one more working on its way out and i suspect the humidity will rise even more once its out.. i dont want to shrink wrap anyone by cracking the bator, but i dont want anyone to drown either if its too high... what should i do?

 

[newbiechickenowner]

this is a hot topic this week on the boards

I had this happen as well as a couple of other people. Went into the 80's and at one point in the low 90's! thought it would rain in there. If you can check out my post under my name, you will see a long thread about it with lots of suggestions...some say don't do a thing! some say grab out as fast as you can the chicks that are ready for the brooder....you can do this in the bathroom too-set the heat up and turn on the steam! I was able to get the bathroom to 75% humidity and grabbed out some ducklings that were ready for the brooder. Also, you could open one of the little tiny vent plugs for awhile and watch to see if the humidity goes down a little bit. Also, you can just wait. Mine were all fine in that high humidity for a long time. If they start looking like they are gasping for fresh air, then grab out the ones that are ready in the steam filled bathroom is what I would say...worked here and NO body is shrink wrapped

Good luck! Oh, and as greengoddess told me.....First thing to do is BREATHE>>>>>>>>>>>>>> that was very helpful for me!

 

[Egghead_Jr]

85% humidity is a norm in parts of the world and we all can breath. If you think of the origins of where chickens came from it's a norm. Many folks try to get their incubators up to 80 to 85% last 3 days, some have better luck at 60-65%. Preference and trial and error to their guages and enviornment. Agree with the last post in "remember to breath" and not worry about it.

 

[Katy]

When a bunch of chicks are hatching at once the humidity naturally goes up.

 

[rebelcowboysnb]

Drowning is caused by not having a big enough air cell. Which is from to little ventilation or to much humidity days 1 threw 18. Not really a to high at hatch time issue.

 

[Gypsy07]

Yeah, what cowboy says. If your humidity has been ideal for the first 18 days, the egg will have lost the correct amount of moisture and there won't be enough left in the egg for the chick to drown, no matter how high your humidity gets the last three days. I aim for 80% and above during lockdown and it occasionally gets as high as 90%. I've never had any drowning type problems and I always have very healthy chicks...