Hi! I am now trying the soda lime idea too. I just started an incubator full of orpingtons and marans. I will candle in a few days to see how it is going. The soda lime is already turning purple.
I have been playing with humidity the last several hatches. I have found that I need to keep it in the 30-40% humidity for the entire time and then up it just a little for the hatching. Those that mature early and pop out in the incubator seem to be a lot better than when I purposely increase the humidity in the hatcher. I just keep experimenting. Hoping to figure out the way to get the best hatch at our higher elevation.
I have a lot of trouble trying to keep the humidity down in the Janoel I have. When I put in water it jumps to 50-60%. I wait until it gets down to 25% and add more again. Hard to try to find the way to keep it around 35%.
I have been playing with humidity the last several hatches. I have found that I need to keep it in the 30-40% humidity for the entire time and then up it just a little for the hatching. Those that mature early and pop out in the incubator seem to be a lot better than when I purposely increase the humidity in the hatcher. I just keep experimenting. Hoping to figure out the way to get the best hatch at our higher elevation.
I have a lot of trouble trying to keep the humidity down in the Janoel I have. When I put in water it jumps to 50-60%. I wait until it gets down to 25% and add more again. Hard to try to find the way to keep it around 35%.
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