Speckledhen Expired babies *GRAPHIC PICS*

[speckledhen]

 

[Cetawin]

Speaking of stupidity...did your dingbat neighbor stop shooting last night? There will be no where he can hide if he hits Suede. I will have to come out there...you remember that song "The Devil Went Down To Georgia"? Yes well, if he accidentially hits Suede SHE will go down to Georgia.

People do not think do they?

 

[speckledhen]

Yeah, he quit awhile after we got off the phone. No idea what he was shooting at in the dark, which is why that scares me. He obviously couldn't see, either.

 

[Cetawin]

Oh yes in the dark that is something we should all do...shoot downhill towards our neighbor. DUH!

 

[Katy]

I guess I agree with Jody that they look pretty wet. Just keep in mind that there is no set figure for the humidity levels and they can vary from place to place. I can't run my humidity during incubation or hatch as high as some people or else I lose chicks to being mushy or drowning. I've never lost a complete hatch to those issues either....some would hatch while others wouldn't. It's been a long time since I've had to deal with that happening since I now incubate and hatch at a little lower humidity levels. I'd back off on the humidity your next hatch and see if it's any different.

 

[Cetawin]

Katy, I am in a low humidty area...so I had to keep mine higher or I would have had problems. Our daily humidity never goes above 40% averages about 25 - 30%. I will try lower humidty if I ever do this again. LOL

 

[speckledhen]

Generally, the humidity in the bator is what matters, however, with a very dry climate, you may have to add water more than someone in the sticky south, where some folks may not have to add water at all, or just a couple drops on occasion. The reason for that is that the air from the surrounding environment is drawn into the bator through the air inlets. If that air is very dry, you will find you have to add water more often than if that air is soupy. Does that make sense?

 

[Katy]

Another factor that can affect where you need to run your humidity is altitude. Some on here have found they need to adjust their humidity levels the higher the altitude. Buster who's not around much anymore is one who found out it made a difference in his hatch rate.

 

[speckledhen]

Right! Forgot about altitude. That has an effect on alot of things. Been a while since I lived in a very high altitude. I'm at 2000 ft now.

 

[insiderart]

One thing I do notice is that the EE (ostensibly our control here) does not look wet. Only the 2 babies who were struggling get out. It would not make sense for the control (nonshipped) baby to be dry and 2 shipped to be wet if it were a humidity issue rather than a shipped egg issue. To rephrase (because I'm not sure I'm making sense even to myself today) if it were humidity one would expect the EE to be very wet also, that does not appear to be the case.