if it anint broken dont fit it

[soap&eggs]

i did 3 differnt trial runs on different methods of hatching ,by reading posts past several months. i have been hatching for many years, several hundred chicks hatching with incubators each year. i use the lil giant still air, no turn table,no fan all hand turning. temp 101 - 102 , ive never had actual humidity reading until i just purchased a therom with humidity reading, which mine read 16 percent.every year i have great hatches ,until these last 2 methods. incubator # 1 i ran, with eggs in egg carton & humidity level at 24 percent. turn rocking every 2 hrs from 8am - 2am......ZERO hatch rate. nothing. incubator #2..ran humidity level at 50 percent first 18 days, when candled 20 out of 24 eggs, duds..70 percent last 3 days..again ZERO hatch rate...incubator #3..normal method...43 eggs, 4 were duds, humidity 16 percent..hatch rate 38 live chicks, one didnt make it out. wondering, where does everyone get the humidity level quotes ive read about? 50-70 percent to me seems like chicks drown in shell. even the egg carton rocking, just didnt seem like eggs were actually getting turned. just enough i suspose to keep from sticking inside. like i originally wrote, if it anint broken dont fix it !

 

[StormyMoon]

my humidity is 75 % right now and I have 8 pips I am on day 19

They are chirping and sounding very healthy in there.

I used egg turner for 18 days, then moved them to the hatcher on that day brought humidity up I will let you know what the hatch rate is. I havent candled them all so I don't know which ones will be viable yet and which ones will not be.

 

[soap&eggs]

what kind of incubator are you using ? good luck at your hatching..hope you get good results,, is disapointing when they dont hatch so close to due date. mine were just experements using others methods., was surprised at bad outcome on them.