Humidity levels

[Amyjo72]

That's good. What type (color) of eggs?

If you are able to turn more times... always ending on odd *if* possible... it can increase hatch rate some... maximum turning possible... NO worry about temp drop during the turning.

Let it continue to run and dry out, it may still drop a bit more on it's own. How is your personal ambient humidity at your location? Adding your general location can help others make the best possible suggestions at a glance.

Where did you get your eggs? Were they shipped?

We live in Florida, but these are being incubated in my home.
I have brown eggs and a couple Easter eggers.
They are from friends who raise chickens.
11 of 12 I could tell were very much alive. I will check the 12th one again tonight.
Thanks for all your help!
It doesn’t hurt to turn more?

The temp has ran 99-99.5 consistently. We’ve faithfully turned 3x a day. Water is out other than a little moisture and it’s reading 45%. Plug is out.

 

[EggSighted4Life]

It doesn’t hurt to turn more?

Absolutely not... 3 is the MINIMUM to sustain life and keep the embryo from sticking. Aiming for odd times since the longest turning delay may be during your sleeping hours and will be left on the opposite side each night. I have lost count and just start fresh the next day with my count. We try to be perfect, but alas are quite human.

Okay, colored eggs go as low as ya can... we will help find ways if it doesn't go down a bit farther in the next day. That's great that they weren't shipped, means better chances! Are ya running AC, swamp cooler, or not that hot! (sorry, that just seemed funny to say)

In my dark eggs... if I can't tell, I just leave them until I can... giving a sniff test before lock down. Candling takes practice.. and I have scrambled an embryo before! because I feed infertile or super early quitters back to my animals instead of tossing. It was very behind compared to other so I thought it was a quitter. It likely would not have hatched anyways but ewe... it had an eye and was looking at me.

One of my favorite hatching resources, other than BYC of course...
Incubation guide

 

[Amyjo72]

Absolutely not... 3 is the MINIMUM to sustain life and keep the embryo from sticking. Aiming for odd times since the longest turning delay may be during your sleeping hours and will be left on the opposite side each night. I have lost count and just start fresh the next day with my count. We try to be perfect, but alas are quite human.

Okay, colored eggs go as low as ya can... we will help find ways if it doesn't go down a bit farther in the next day. That's great that they weren't shipped, means better chances! Are ya running AC, swamp cooler, or not that hot! (sorry, that just seemed funny to say)

In my dark eggs... if I can't tell, I just leave them until I can... giving a sniff test before lock down. Candling takes practice.. and I have scrambled an embryo before! because I feed infertile or super early quitters back to my animals instead of tossing. It was very behind compared to other so I thought it was a quitter. It likely would not have hatched anyways but ewe... it had an eye and was looking at me.

One of my favorite hatching resources, other than BYC of course...
Incubation guide

Thanks so much, they are inside where there is a/c. I do have the draft blocked off so they are protected. I only have one green egg, the second I'm pretty sure quit growing, but will look again tonight. The rest are brown eggs but look good. I will check the size of the air cell again. I was unaware of size before. I will turn more often as well. Again, than you so much for all your advice. If it doesn't lower below 45%, what do you suggest?

 

[EggSighted4Life]

If it doesn't lower below 45%, what do you suggest?

How is it looking this morning?

 

[Amyjo72]

How is it looking this morning?

About 40% so a little lower

 

[ChickenCanoe]

This advice won't help if the RH in the room where the incubator is located is 45% or above. Do you know what the room humidity is?
It may be necessary to put a dehumidifier in the room.
If the humidity was actually 75% for most of the first 11 days, regardless of the kind of eggs, they haven't lost enough weight yet. You want to get every bit of moisture out of the incubator. The eggs are transpiring water through the shell pores so that adds humidity to the incubator. The higher the humidity, the less moisture can leave the eggs.
Once you know the humidity in the room is down around 30% or lower, you can continually crack open the incubator to let moisture evaporate. Usually, If the ambient air is dry, just opening the incubator for a few seconds to a minute will release the contained moisture into the room. Opening for such brief periods won't alter internal egg temperature appreciably.
During the first week of incubation, you can turn the eggs as frequently as every hour or two. That's what a hen does.
It was once thought that more frequent turning helped keep the yolk suspended in the center of the albumen space and prevented the embryo from sticking to the shell surface.
But more importantly, frequent turning the first week of incubation promotes better development of the amniotic and chorion- allantois membranes. Early in incubation, it is essential for proper growth of the embryo that these extra-embryonic tissues develop apace so transfer of nutrients from the albumen, yolk and shell is sufficient for growth.
Adequate turning during the first half of incubation is probably more important than any other factor except temperature for healthy chicks. Breeders nutrition can be quite high but if that nutrition can't get proper uptake by the embryo, it doesn't help.

 

[Amyjo72]

About 40% so a little lower

35% yay!

 

[Amyjo72]

This advice won't help if the RH in the room where the incubator is located is 45% or above. Do you know what the room humidity is?
It may be necessary to put a dehumidifier in the room.
If the humidity was actually 75% for most of the first 11 days, regardless of the kind of eggs, they haven't lost enough weight yet. You want to get every bit of moisture out of the incubator. The eggs are transpiring water through the shell pores so that adds humidity to the incubator. The higher the humidity, the less moisture can leave the eggs.
Once you know the humidity in the room is down around 30% or lower, you can continually crack open the incubator to let moisture evaporate. Usually, If the ambient air is dry, just opening the incubator for a few seconds to a minute will release the contained moisture into the room. Opening for such brief periods won't alter internal egg temperature appreciably.
During the first week of incubation, you can turn the eggs as frequently as every hour or two. That's what a hen does.
It was once thought that more frequent turning helped keep the yolk suspended in the center of the albumen space and prevented the embryo from sticking to the shell surface.
But more importantly, frequent turning the first week of incubation promotes better development of the amniotic and chorion- allantois membranes. Early in incubation, it is essential for proper growth of the embryo that these extra-embryonic tissues develop apace so transfer of nutrients from the albumen, yolk and shell is sufficient for growth.
Adequate turning during the first half of incubation is probably more important than any other factor except temperature for healthy chicks. Breeders nutrition can be quite high but if that nutrition can't get proper uptake by the embryo, it doesn't help.

Thank you