I put humidity too high in incubator for 18 days

[yellow_sweater4]

There are 6 chicken eggs in my incubator and for the past 18 days I've had the humidity at the range 65-75 instead of 45-55, I misread the manual. What should I do? Is there anything that I can do? Will they be okay?

 

[Debbie292d]

Have you candled them to see if any made it to lockdown?

If so, I'd set it at 60 - 65% and they might make it.

If you can't see any movement, they most likely drowned.

 

[Susan Skylark]

Please don’t panic, humidity will not crash your hatch! These little bubble incubators with the water bottles run either 80 or 15% humidity the entire hatch and people still get decent hatch rates. I’ve intentionally done both with 100% hatch rates dry or wet. The air cell is smaller but that’s okay. Out in nature birds are stuck with ambient humidity and some places that is 90% at all times and haven’t gone extinct. The best way to kill eggs is shipping, cold, heat, or old age, humidity doesn’t make the list.