What am I doing wrong :( 50% hatch! ( semi- graphic pic)

[JaeG]

Fingers crossed that 3rd time's the charm. Keep us posted on how it goes.

 

[2 many chickens]

I usually do 35% humidity until lockdown which then goes to 60%
I have decent hatches with that

 

[Kiki]

Hello all I am new to incubating eggs. I am hatching golden Sebright and silkies. I had two batches of eggs. Both hatched at only 50%. I read on here that many people have great success with a dry hatch. I believe that was my problem. After this second hatch at only 50 I had to look in an egg although I didn’t want to.
This looks to me like the chick is shrink wrapped because the humidity levels were not high enough. I live in New York State and our humidity right now is very low so I did have to add water to keep the humidity even to 20%.
I am including some semi graphic pictures trying to confirm if these chicks are in fact shrink wrapped. I believe this is what happened and I have many eggs awaiting incubation and would like a more successful hatch and for these poor babies to live. Out of my only 50% rate I had to do two assists which one was crippled and died and the other is okay thankfully but I feel like their difficulty was also due to the humidity.
Does anyone have experience hatching bantams/ silkies? What are your humidity levels through the hatch and then at lockdown. Please let me know I would like for this next hatch to go well.

This does NOT look shrinked wrapped.
Why is the egg open like this?
It had already quit and you opened it?

Salt test your humidity gauge before you set eggs again.

I dry hatch and have zero problems doing so.

 

[Phillyndilly]

This does NOT look shrinked wrapped.
Why is the egg open like this?
It had already quit and you opened it?

Salt test your humidity gauge before you set eggs again.

I dry hatch and have zero problems doing so.

I opened it because they were dead for 4 days. 9 of them.. What makes you say is it not shrink wrapped? The membrane is brown and it was tough. How do they look when they are shrink wrapped then?
My pictures look identical to these which are shrink wrapped silkies just one of the many photos I found while searching.

 

[Kiki]

I opened it because they were dead for 4 days. 9 of them.. What makes you say is it not shrink wrapped? The membrane is brown and it was tough. How do they look when they are shrink wrapped then?
My pictures look identical to these which are shrink wrapped silkies just one of the many photos I found while searching.

You can't open an egg that has been dead for 4 days and then call it shrink wrapped...of course it's going to look different.
It's not shrink wrapped it was dead.

 

[Phillyndilly]

You can't open an egg that has been dead for 4 days and then call it shrink wrapped...of course it's going to look different.
It's not shrink wrapped it was dead.

They were still in the incubator with high humidity once I started suspecting. I believe they were dead 4 days because I didn’t see movement but could be less.
How does anyone know their eggs are shrink wrapped then unless they open them after they are dead, unless they open them too early and risk killing the chick to prove a point. I’m sorry but that makes no sense.

 

[JaeG]

If you look up Incubation Troubleshooting you'll find that late deaths without pipping can be caused by low humidity. The other causes are the insufficient egg turning, poor ventilation or incorrect temperature. Every set-up is different when it comes to humidity in contrast to incubation temperature which remains the same no matter where you are. If I tried to dry hatch it would be a disaster, but for others it works wonders. It hasn't worked for you so try something different and see what happens.

 

[Phillyndilly]

If you look up Incubation Troubleshooting you'll find that late deaths without pipping can be caused by low humidity. The other causes are the insufficient egg turning, poor ventilation or incorrect temperature. Every set-up is different when it comes to humidity in contrast to incubation temperature which remains the same no matter where you are. If I tried to dry hatch it would be a disaster, but for others it works wonders. It hasn't worked for you so try something different and see what happens.

Yes I agree that’s the evidence I saw as well and since it seems everything else is up to par the humidity is what I’m assuming is the cause. I def heard it works well for others that’s what made me want to do it but that’s ok my humidity is staying pretty steady at around 50. I will candle on day 7 and see what’s going on right now I have 35 eggs set

 

[cmfarm]

To me it doesn't look shrink wrapped. When they are they have a bright white membrane that is wrapped like Saran Wrap around them.

 

[2 many chickens]

Yes I agree that’s the evidence I saw as well and since it seems everything else is up to par the humidity is what I’m assuming is the cause. I def heard it works well for others that’s what made me want to do it but that’s ok my humidity is staying pretty steady at around 50. I will candle on day 7 and see what’s going on right now I have 35 eggs set

Yeah, that egg was just dead.. not shrink wrapped.
Are you incubating chicken eggs?
I wouldn't do 50% but that's just me. That's a bit too high. If I may suggest, try turning it down to about 40%