I intentionally go 75% and it often shoots up to 80-90% during the actual hatch, not that it stays there long...lol As long as you aren't seeing condensation, I wouldn't worry.I just checked humidity, and I heard a peep!
How much humidity is too much? I'm at about 77%.
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Cool, thanks! Because of the design of the incubator (the egg tray slides out the side), and the fact that I'm giving everyone to my broody, I'm going to leave everyone in the incubator until it's delivery time (most likely after dark Sunday, or maybe when I move Frieda and the chicks she hatches to the pen). It'll be easy enough to pull the drawer a half inch or so to let humidity out, if I need to--or to add water to my sponges if they dry out before I have wet chicks to up the humidity
I just checked humidity, and I heard a peep!
How much humidity is too much? I'm at about 77%.
e I woke up to 2 more hatchers and my CLB starting to zip. Still nothing on the 3 silkies and 2 of my own crosses.
Yay!!!!!I woke up to 2 more hatchers and my CLB starting to zip. Still nothing on the 3 silkies and 2 of my own crosses.
Yay!!!!!
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Funny how one problem resolved presents another. Appears your sister & I were wrong, but it all worked out, anyway.Well Big Guy is ok this morning... But... Punkin has definitely established himself as the dominant roo. Two of the girls went in the building with me and hopped up on the shelf to see Big Guy. Punkin came in and jumped up there and attacked Big Guy. Ran him to the other side of the yard. Now Big Guy is working the perimeter, and every time a hen goes near him, Punkin runs out and chases him further away.
So I guess I'll take Big Guy home for recuperating and then decide which one lives.
Well Big Guy is ok this morning... But... Punkin has definitely established himself as the dominant roo. Two of the girls went in the building with me and hopped up on the shelf to see Big Guy. Punkin came in and jumped up there and attacked Big Guy. Ran him to the other side of the yard. Now Big Guy is working the perimeter, and every time a hen goes near him, Punkin runs out and chases him further away.
So I guess I'll take Big Guy home for recuperating and then decide which one lives.
. Well I too have sad news. So I candled the remaining 3 Silkie eggs and 2 crosses and no movement or cheeping. I water candled just to be safe and nothing. So I checked tapped into the air cells and they were all dead!!! 
. I lost all the silkies!!!! One had internally pipped then died because it still had to absorb it's yolk. The rest were fully developed. . Had all silkies hatched I would have had a blue, black, and a splash!!!! that hurts even more!!!
Awwee!!!!! So sad!
On another note:
Last CLB hatched...it's another boy!!!
However my first male jeeps sleeping with his head tucked underneath like this.
Is this normal??
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