Too high humidity in incubator

[ValerieJ]

Most likely your hygrometer is pretty close . Your meat thermometer is most likely right on the mark. What kind of incubator is it ? picture please and don't be bashful . You pretty much have bto hatched from an egg to get it right the first time . No air cell indicates a very fresh egg . AC is the best dehumidifier you can get . I have a drawer full of hygrometers & humidity probes .My first incubation was a nightmare . Shipped eggs junk incubators. I followed the book instructions .Took me forever to figure out the problems .s to the incubator company saying what is wrong . They said read the bookwell I figured out what was wrong . Took the analog thermometer and hygrometer out and threw them away. Threw the dam book away too.. Joined the BYC looking for answers to dying chickens. And learned a few tricks I hadn't learned the hard way . So keep your money .If the hygrometer is digital it is most likely right to within 2 % plus or minus. Close enough .Better to run a little dry than to wet . I read somewhere that a single heat spike that heats the egg up to 102 degrees or higher for one hour will kill more embryos , than running the humidity to high or to low for a week. I read some many web sites. Even read books and my wife's college text book. When all I had to do was join the BYC , And ask questions . So your already smarter than me

Thanks! That was encouraging. My incubator is one of the Styrofoam ones. It was all that was available at the local farm store and I couldn't get one shipped fast enough for eggs that were already on their way. I never really wanted to incubate eggs. I ordered them to appease a broody hen, who was so pleased with my effort that she decided not to be broody anymore. I should have just tossed the eggs out, but decided to give it go and give them a chance. Probably a very little chance. I have settled on the meat thermometer as my reliable gauge, and using it I realize that the incubator's thermometer works perfectly. That was a relief. It's just one grand adventure around here after another.
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[BYC910]

Thanks! That was encouraging. My incubator is one of the Styrofoam ones. It was all that was available at the local farm store and I couldn't get one shipped fast enough for eggs that were already on their way. I never really wanted to incubate eggs. I ordered them to appease a broody hen, who was so pleased with my effort that she decided not to be broody anymore. I should have just tossed the eggs out, but decided to give it go and give them a chance. Probably a very little chance. I have settled on the meat thermometer as my reliable gauge, and using it I realize that the incubator's thermometer works perfectly. That was a relief. It's just one grand adventure around here after another.
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Had you tossed the eggs you would've missed the thrill of testing you ability as a chicken.On a lighter note I let the hens hatch the eggs this year, and they is as dumb as me . That makes me feel a little better , about the two Styrofoam incubators I have and the two cabinets and hatcher cabinet. Anyhow try and post some pictures of candles . Hatching seem to take forever, but it really fly's by.

 

[ValerieJ]

Hatching seem to take forever, but it really fly's by.

And yes, I will try to document the journey the best I can. I will mostly be on my own and only have two hands, so trying to figure out holding the egg, the candler, and the camera (which takes two hands).