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My final number ended up being 16 out of 27 fertile eggs, 66% hatch rate. Not bad for the first attempt at incubating, but there is certainly room for improvement. Today is day 23 and there are no signs of movement of piping in the last 11 eggs so I suppose I'll be opening them up later to see...

So...of my 38 original eggs, 11 were tossed when candling at day 7 leaving me with 27. All passed second candling at day 18, most had movement and I immediately afterward locked down. Last night, day 19, we were hearing chirps from the eggs. Today, day 20, we have 3 Silkie chicks hatched with...

Mohillbilly, do you have a hygrometer you'd recommend? I'm on my second one (a free replacement for my first) and it too is off by at least 11% and has no calibration feature. At least now I know it's reading way low so I haven't had to add any water due to the humidity being so high in MO the...

You were right about the hygrometer. I have the IncubatorWarehouse.com digital hygrometer/thermometer. Last night I read up on how to test it, sealed bag with mug of salt water, after 12 hours the reading should have been 75% and mine is reading 59%. Piece of junk. No calibration feature either...

how do I calibrate a hygrometer? Instructions don't say...

My understanding of the dry hatch method listed in the learning center seems to be different from what people here are doing. I'm trying this method for my first attempt at incubating. But my understanding wasn't to leave the humidity low, but rather let the humidity drop to around 25% for a...