Hydrometer right?!

[IHeartPoultry]

So 2days ago I had 1 coturnix quail hatch and one dead in shell . 11chicks are due to hatch tomorrow. I check the history on the hydrometer and it says it got to 94% humidity!!!! What?! I fight to get it at 70%! Could this be a real, serious reading? The hydrometer is right next to where the one quail hatched, could it have gotten a higher reading because the wetness of the hatching egg? If it's a real reading is that what killed the quail? I hear chicks peeping in their shells so something must be alive but would most of the chicken embryos dead? Advice would be appreciated, thanks.

 

[kuchchicks]

Is there any condensation on the window? I think if that were true reading there would be a lot of collected moisture.

 

[IHeartPoultry]

There was a little bit around the corners of the viewing windows. Not much though.

 

[kuchchicks]

I dont think its right then. At 94% there would be alot.

My quail (2 are in with 40 chicken eggs) are due Tues. Im so excited! Congrats on yours!

 

[IHeartPoultry]

Yes! *takes a sigh of relief* I'm glad my hydrometer was just being a unreliable and I didn't drown my embryos!

It's super exciting! Fingers crossed, hopefully you have a nice hatch rate

 

[IHeartPoultry]

Well I guess it was wrong I had 8 chicks hatch Friday