How to get humidity up?

[kuchchicks]

Is the one you opened and alive still n the shll? If yes you have o keep membrane moist. You can use a q tip and moisten or use bacitracin. If it is out of shell and yolk sac still attached place in a cup or bowl with a moist towel to lay on so he doesn't stick and keep in incubator until yolk is absorbed.

You are still early in your hatch. I typically do not open eggs to eggtopsy until day 24-25. Same with float test. If temp was slightly off they may need a little more time.

Do you have a fan in the Bator? How many thermometers do you have? Did you calibrate them?

 

[jessica1987]

I think the problem is the humidity was to high from 1-18 I didn't know and it was always over 50%.

 

[kuchchicks]

Yeah that could have been an issue. Most people (including myself) have the same problem in the beginning. You need to find out what works for you. For me I dry incubate which is not really completely dry. I only add water if humidity falls below 27% and keep it under 35% until lockdown. Then I bump up to 75%. My hatch rates are usually high 80s- high 90s.

 

[jessica1987]

That's awesome!!! Well I have a baby chick yay!!!! And another one just pip too : )

 

[kuchchicks]

Yay!!! They just weren't ready. Get ready momma!!

 

[kyzerc]

I have 2 little giants and agennis 1588 which I haven't used yet.One little giant I installed a fan,the other is still air.I have eggs due to hatch tomorrow in the still air.I have trouble keeping the huminaty up at hatching,but since I have different weeks I don't want to drown the others.The one with fan is opposite,i have trouble keeping huminaty down.I will put a fan in it one day.I bought the geniss for quail eggs,but hatch out too many.I am about to start eating them.

 

[kuchchicks]

I have a genesis myself and LOVE it. I have had nothing but good luck with it.

I did quail for the first time last year. I only did 2 dozen. I kept 8 just as pets and sold the others. I lost 2 over the year from illness and have been thinking about doing another batch. Maybe button.

Glad your hatch is going well. Hope your other goes well too.

 

[jessica1987]

 

[jessica1987]

I had to move them... the smell was awful!

 

[kuchchicks]

Your chicks smell? Or what was left in your bator? If it's your chicks, there will be some smell but if it is really bad I would look at your chicks and make sure that they are okay. At this young age they should not have pooped so much that your brooder smells that bad.