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Getting humidity DOWN??

post #1 of 9
4/21/12 at 11:13am
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We have a home made incubator it is huge hold like 300 eggs ...this is my 3rd hatch in it and I just put them in.  I cannot get the humidity down even with the vents open.. I think I remember that the humidity for chicken eggs are suppose to be between 40-50% before hatch...and I think the bator has just absorbed the water from the last 2 hatches and that is why it is still so moist in there..

 

So my question is without removing the eggs,,,how do I get the humidity down without damaging the eggs??

 

Should I not put anymore water in the tray in the bottom till it lowers???  Thanks

 

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A mother of 1 son, caterer to 4 horses, 1 pony, 6 lionhead bunnies, 6 dogs,  cats and kittens, 10 Peacocks & soon to be peachicks , lots of Chickens,  17 Toulouse Geese, 1 African Goose, 2 Muscovy ducks ,1 fat guinea pig, 2 Turtles

 

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post #2 of 9
4/21/12 at 11:23am

I don't know how yours is set up, but ours is homemade also. We use aluminum foil on top of our water dish to help control humidity. If it's too high we cover more of it up, if low uncover more. Our water dish is under our heat source though so I don't know if it would work as well with yours being at the bottom, but it's worth a try.

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post #3 of 9
4/21/12 at 11:28am
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Originally Posted by lovinchicks View Post

I don't know how yours is set up, but ours is homemade also. We use aluminum foil on top of our water dish to help control humidity. If it's too high we cover more of it up, if low uncover more. Our water dish is under our heat source though so I don't know if it would work as well with yours being at the bottom, but it's worth a try.

 

Thank you I will give it a try...something has got to give..  I have been trying for 2 days to get it down..sad.png

A mother of 1 son, caterer to 4 horses, 1 pony, 6 lionhead bunnies, 6 dogs,  cats and kittens, 10 Peacocks & soon to be peachicks , lots of Chickens,  17 Toulouse Geese, 1 African Goose, 2 Muscovy ducks ,1 fat guinea pig, 2 Turtles

 

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post #4 of 9
4/21/12 at 11:29am

What he just said....aluminum foil :)

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post #5 of 9
4/21/12 at 11:43am
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What he just said....aluminum foil :)

 

And the 40/50% is correct?  Thanks

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post #6 of 9
4/21/12 at 12:23pm

Aye, i'm in the UK and we have a higher ambient humidity than most places in the USA (some people seem to live in the desert!)....I tend to hover around 35-40%.

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post #7 of 9
4/21/12 at 3:13pm
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Aye, i'm in the UK and we have a higher ambient humidity than most places in the USA (some people seem to live in the desert!)....I tend to hover around 35-40%.

 

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post #8 of 9
4/21/12 at 6:47pm

a bowl of rice will help remove excess humidity. It will draw all the moisture out of the bator.


 

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post #9 of 9
4/22/12 at 6:45pm
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a bowl of rice will help remove excess humidity. It will draw all the moisture out of the bator.


 




Thank you as of right now the foil is working, but if it shoots back up I will put that in there... Thanks wink.png

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