First time silky incubator question

[josephg]

So I have a OBI-12 Egg Incubator, and nothings changed in location or anything but the humidity has gone up to 80% and won’t go down. Looks like 4 have pipped and it’s day 20, I’m assuming 80 is way to high but what can I do to get it down without messing anything up?

 

[josephg]

First time doing all this So just hatched 7 chicks and they did great, had to help one which was stuck, but now I’m on to the silkies where it’s day 20, 4 have pipped but the humidity has jumped up to 80% and I’m not sure what to do to get it down with it being “lockdown” the internet tells me 80% will drown them, so not sure if I’m just going to lose all 6 babies or if there’s something I can do?

 

[EggSighted4Life]

First time doing all this So just hatched 7 chicks and they did great, had to help one which was stuck, but now I’m on to the silkies where it’s day 20, 4 have pipped but the humidity has jumped up to 80% and I’m not sure what to do to get it down with it being “lockdown” the internet tells me 80% will drown them, so not sure if I’m just going to lose all 6 babies or if there’s something I can do?

Hello and welcome to BYC!

It's not uncommon for humidity to temporarily spike if they've externally pipped or any have recently hatched, in my experience. And they will not drown.. like they probably would if humidity was running 80% throughout the incubation process.

If you decide to try and lower humidity.. then draping towels around to capture the heat and prevent shrink wrapping, while gently cracking the lid and wipe the condensation off.. but it should go back down on its own before too long.. once they've completed hatch and begin to fluff up.

Happy hatching!

 

[josephg]

Hello and welcome to BYC!

It's not uncommon for humidity to temporarily spike if they've externally pipped or any have recently hatched, in my experience. And they will not drown.. like they probably would if humidity was running 80% throughout the incubation process.

If you decide to try and lower humidity.. then draping towels around to capture the heat and prevent shrink wrapping, while gently cracking the lid and wipe the condensation off.. but it should go back down on its own before too long.. once they've completed hatch and begin to fluff up.

Happy hatching!

I have been away the last week and the wife says it’s been at 80 since about day 17/18 and she couldn’t get it to go down.

 

[josephg]

I have been away the last week and the wife says it’s been at 80 since about day 17/18 and she couldn’t get it to go down.

Also, I am just learning that yesterday she turned the pipped side towards the open and you can see through so the kids could watch lol I’m assuming that’s not OK either