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[Kiki]

Gotcha. Playing human thermostat can be tricky.

 

[Tiana's chickens]

I'm hoping it will be stable today.
Also I have no idea what I'm doing with the humidity, I've read so many different things like 60% for first 18 days then 70% on last 3 days, 40% for 18 days and 60% last 3 days, but then I see people doing dry hatches and they are hatching perfectly fine as well, but then I hear of shrink wrap and drowning and my goodness I don't know! So much conflicting information.
I think for my last hatch in the frying pan I had it around 40%, then up to 70% for last 3 days but day before hatching while I was at school it somehow spiked to 99%, still hatched perfectly but yeah.
I guess the humidity mustn't be all that important.

I am monitoring aircells this time. I'm planning on posting photos of the aircells tonight and I'll decide what to do with the humidity after that

 

[Silver6780]

I'm hoping it will be stable today.
Also I have no idea what I'm doing with the humidity, I've read so many different things like 60% for first 18 days then 70% on last 3 days, 40% for 18 days and 60% last 3 days, but then I see people doing dry hatches and they are hatching perfectly fine as well, but then I hear of shrink wrap and drowning and my goodness I don't know! So much conflicting information.
I think for my last hatch in the frying pan I had it around 40%, then up to 70% for last 3 days but day before hatching while I was at school it somehow spiked to 99%, still hatched perfectly but yeah.
I guess the humidity mustn't be all that important.

I am monitoring aircells this time. I'm planning on posting photos of the aircells tonight and I'll decide what to do with the humidity after that
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Is is the blood vessels growing sorry I haven't replied or anything

 

[Kiki]

I'm hoping it will be stable today.
Also I have no idea what I'm doing with the humidity, I've read so many different things like 60% for first 18 days then 70% on last 3 days, 40% for 18 days and 60% last 3 days, but then I see people doing dry hatches and they are hatching perfectly fine as well, but then I hear of shrink wrap and drowning and my goodness I don't know! So much conflicting information.
I think for my last hatch in the frying pan I had it around 40%, then up to 70% for last 3 days but day before hatching while I was at school it somehow spiked to 99%, still hatched perfectly but yeah.
I guess the humidity mustn't be all that important.

I am monitoring aircells this time. I'm planning on posting photos of the aircells tonight and I'll decide what to do with the humidity after that
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I would keep the humidity on the lower side for the first 18 days if I were you.
60% sounds insanely high to me. (this is what causes drowning at the end of incubation)
I like numbers closer to 30%.

 

[Tiana's chickens]

I would keep the humidity on the lower side for the first 18 days if I were you.
60% sounds insanely high to me. (this is what causes drowning at the end of incubation)
I like numbers closer to 30%.

Low sounds good to me

 

[Tiana's chickens]

Is is the blood vessels growing sorry I haven't replied or anything

Yes they seem to be growing well in most eggs, 2 or 3 eggs out of the 11 are a little slower like a day or two behind but that's it

 

[GoldenChooks]

I hope the hatch goes well!
This is such a creative idea!

 

[Tiana's chickens]

I hope the hatch goes well!
This is such a creative idea!

Thank you

 

[alexa009]

I agree with @KikisGirls! My hatch rates are a million times better with lower humidity!

 

[WVduckchick]

Can you estimate how far away the eggs are from the heating element? I’m curious.