Incubating

[Kenzie22]

I have a farm innovators 2250 I believe and I have 41 eggs in it. I just set it about 20 minutes ago and it is to the right temperature but the humidity is super low! ASKING FOR HELP!!

 

[Kenzie22]

 

[ChickNanny13]

Did you calibrate prior to putting eggs in? Calibrate about a week prior to placing eggs in, IF you didn't then it's a wait to see, did you add water?

 

[Kenzie22]

What do you mean by calibrate?

 

[Kenzie22]

Yes. I did add water. The recommended amount

 

[ChickNanny13]

What do you mean by calibrate?

You set up the incubator a week prior to setting the eggs. Adjust and check the fluctuations of the incubator, making adjustments to temp/humidity. Ambient temp affects temp/humidity.

Since you have the eggs already setting, give it a few days to "adjust", IF you need a higher humidity = add water but you want the lower humidity at the beginning and higher at lock down. Candling at 7 days, 14 days will let you know if humidity is ok or not. You can search in the forum as to what you're looking for when candling ...

https://incubatorwarehouse.com/egg-candling
https://www.livestocking.net/incubator/how-to-candle-chicken-eggs

 

[Kenzie22]

Thank you very much! When should the temperature and humidity be caught up and correct? After how long? And how often do I need to add water?

 

[Kim-Bot]

I have the same incubator and having the same issue. It seemed fine until the first day I removed the lid to cool/mist my duck eggs, and it hasnt been correct since.

I did not calibrate it before use (rookie mistake, it seems) but got a secondary hygrometer/therm with probes as a back up for now.

 

[Kenzie22]

So how often do I need to fill water plates in the bottom? And how did you keep it at the right temp and humidity?

 

[Kenzie22]

Am I supposed to open the filling holes?