Temp question

[kjt135]

I had 1 egg hatch tonight and it is not drying off and fluffy up and I think this is because it's sweating. Temp is at 100 should I try to lower it a little and will it affect the rest of eggs trying to hatch? Chick hatched 4 hrs ago and it's head is all thats drying. Humidity if right is 85%

 

[sonew123]

I had 1 egg hatch tonight and it is not drying off and fluffy up and I think this is because it's sweating. Temp is at 100 should I try to lower it a little and will it affect the rest of eggs trying to hatch? Chick hatched 4 hrs ago and it's head is all thats drying. Humidity if right is 85%

Your temp is perfect..your humidity is a tad too high thats why its not drying quickly....is there a vent you can open up on bator? Also your humidity will automatically go up when chicks are hatching anyway, due to the moisture within egg shell that gets exposed when hatched....

 

[A.T. Hagan]

What Sonew said. Unless you are able to tightly control the temperature I would not try to change it. The humidity is too high. I'd try to lower it to between 60-65% if you can. Failing all other attempts take the top off the incubator for about thirty seconds or so then put it back on again. Don't do this with a still-air box, but if it's fan driven the temperature should return to where it ought to be in a few minutes.