Should I start over?

[KBauza]

Ok so I'm really new at this. I had gotten some advice on incubating and hatching and they said the shoot for a humidity of about 55%. So stupid over trusting me went ahead and followed unquestingly. Now we are 4 days in and I'm learning that 55% humidity is way too high. So my question is do we still have hope for these eggs or have I killed them already? The temperature has been steady and they are in an automatic turner.

 

[Nyla]

How do the air saclook? Could you post pictures?
Here is the best way to estimate the air sac if humidity is too high or low.

 

[HuskerHens18]

You should be fine, lower the humidity if you can, otherwise it's more important during lockdown. If you can't lower the humidity, just don't add any water for a while.
I tried to keep mine at 45% but even that was a little high I found out, I still had a 70% hatch.

 

[chickendreams24]

I dry incubate meaning I generally don't add any water until lockdown but that really depends on where you live the relative humidity age of the eggs even the altitude I've heard too.

Anyhow lower your humidity there's still plenty of time for your eggs to lose moisture.

Our humidity during incubation is usually between 25-30% but we've incubated as low as 20% with no trouble. I'm in southern WI though and every place is slightly different. Weather/season also affects incubation. It gets very dry here in winter.

 

[KBauza]

I think they might be a bit too big compared to the chart.

 

[KBauza]

It did take about a week and a half to collect the 2 dozen so I think some may have been to old too begin with. When I was testing before setting eggs it was at about 30% humidity without water. We run a humidifier for my son and I figured that's why. Is it to late to switch methods?