Hello:
I am hatching for the first time and am having troubles with the humidity level. I have a small little giant incubator with the fan and auto egg turner. I have it set up in my dining room away from windows, air vents, drafts etc... I have 37 guinea eggs in the incubator. Some are pretty old so I don't know how many will be good.
Here is the issue. I live in NC and it is really humid outside. At night it is still getting down to the low 50's so the house cools to 68-70 degrees and the AC does not kick in. The incubator holds a steady temperature but the humidity in the house going up makes the humidity in the incubator go up. Then during the day it gets to the low 80's outside so my A/C kicks in and keeps the house at 76. At that point the humidity in the incubator goes down.
Based on what I read about guinea eggs I am trying to keep them around 45-47% humidity. At night the humidity goes up to 55% and then during the day it will drop to 40%.
If I add water I will make it worse at night, but If I don't add water it's too low during the day. HELP!
I ran it all last week and played with it. This is the most consistent I can get the humidity to be. I am literally adding an eye dropper of water in the am, any more than that jumps the humidity way to high. I put the eggs in yesterday as they were getting old and I couldn't wait any longer.
Any suggestions?
Sara
I am hatching for the first time and am having troubles with the humidity level. I have a small little giant incubator with the fan and auto egg turner. I have it set up in my dining room away from windows, air vents, drafts etc... I have 37 guinea eggs in the incubator. Some are pretty old so I don't know how many will be good.
Here is the issue. I live in NC and it is really humid outside. At night it is still getting down to the low 50's so the house cools to 68-70 degrees and the AC does not kick in. The incubator holds a steady temperature but the humidity in the house going up makes the humidity in the incubator go up. Then during the day it gets to the low 80's outside so my A/C kicks in and keeps the house at 76. At that point the humidity in the incubator goes down.
Based on what I read about guinea eggs I am trying to keep them around 45-47% humidity. At night the humidity goes up to 55% and then during the day it will drop to 40%.
If I add water I will make it worse at night, but If I don't add water it's too low during the day. HELP!
I ran it all last week and played with it. This is the most consistent I can get the humidity to be. I am literally adding an eye dropper of water in the am, any more than that jumps the humidity way to high. I put the eggs in yesterday as they were getting old and I couldn't wait any longer.
Any suggestions?
Sara