Looking for experienced advice!!!!

[ilovemysilkies]

I am new to incubating, I did my reading here and bought hovabator 1588 and purchased the turner . I bought 3 additional monitors each of humidity and temp. gauges! My first round with 20 silkies I did the dry hatch method described here on byc , I was able to get 1 out of 20!
I've read enough here and gotten great advice! This time I started with 27 eggs,kept humidity at 25 to 35 percent the first 18 days then boosted it to 40-50 percent for lockdown , today day 22 we woke to 3 eggs pipped! What is going on?

 

[SSTupperware]

Jebus put your location, here no water added is 45 pct all day... some days it will swing to 60, I'm sure the desert is different...

 

[ilovemysilkies]

Thanks for the reply, I am wondering if part of my problem was I don't know what our humidity is to begin with?

 

[Sweetlilbaby]

Thanks for the reply, I am wondering if part of my problem was I don't know what our humidity is to begin with?

Maybe get a thing to read humidity in the room you keep the incubator in? "dry hatch" isn't actually dry you still need moisture.

 

[silkiechicken]

Crack open all the unhatched eggs this time and describe what you see. When they died in the process of incubation can be a clue. May need to raise temp if pips are late, also how much weight are your eggs losing? I don't watch humidity at all. Just go with how fast the air cell is growing. Every room, incubator, and season will make a difference.