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I'm pleased to report that humidity has come down to 45% today and it's staying steady,although the incubator alarm goes off if it drops under 45%

Thank you,I've read the artice and found it brilliant,always best to keep humidity lower than higher,still trying to get it down,currently on 52% with majority of water taken out,so fingers crossed for day 7 candling

I'm just concerned that opening them up and messing about with the humidity is going to damage the eggs,or maybe keeping the humidity at 55% won't be too detrimental to the ones 24 hours behind as it's keeping it consistently on the higher side so it won't be too much of a increase when day 18...

I'm running it on my kitchen work top which is probably contributing to it remaining high,my kitchen is quite warm

Will it matter that they are less than 24 hours between them? I've emptied the majority of the water and it's gone back up to 54% humidity now

Thank you,I'm very new to incubation. (we only have 4 hens currently),I've taken some water out and it's down to 52% now,I've also added my next 12 while I had it open,I will let it run dry now and see what happens,who knew incubation could be so stressful lol

Thank you for your reply,would you recommend opening it up and taking some water out even after 24 hrs,is that safe to do? Or will the fluctuation effect the eggs?

Hi,I'm new to the world of hatching, I've got my first 12 silkie eggs in my incubator with 12 more ready to go in within 24 hours of each other,incubator says keep it to 55% humidity which is where I have managed to keep it at over the last 24 hours but I've done a little reading and worrying...