Causes: .
- High temperature.
- Low humidity.
- Excessive ventilation in the incubator at hatching time.
- Holding chicks in incubator too long after they hatch.
Correction:
- Maintain proper temperature levels throughout incubation cycle.
- Maintain proper humidity levels throughout incubation cycle.
- Reduce openings of incubator ventilators. Do not restrict so far as to permit animal heat to push temperature above safe level.
- Remove chicks as soon as they are fluffed and ready
