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I would not want to try to incubat duck eggs with chicken eggs. But if you have it started already your best luck should be around 50% for the first 18 days and temp should be around 99.5

That is the one I use in mine because you can Velcro it to the inside. Take it outside, if the weather man said that it is around 50% and you get a reading much lower that may be your problem

Yes just after your hatch take the shell apart and clean it but that is what you should do if nothing else works

You are definitely going to have to supplement humidity. If you do it with the humidifier try to maintain constant humidity in the room. If it goes up and down in the room the temperature in the incubator could fluctuate. Keep an eye on it.

Also you can raise the humidity by putting felt strips draping out of the water channels but if only if you need to during turning. Be aware that if it pulls to much water it can drip off and settle into the shell of the incubator and you would need to take it completely apart to clean and dry...

What is the climet where you are at? Do you know what the humidity is outside?

I have had bad luck raising the humidity with a humidifier in the room. If you can try to control it within the incubator itself it will be better. Ventilation is important and if you have air conditioning in the house small rooms content to dry out.

The humidity needs to be higher. You can put water in both channels until lockdown but you need to put felt strips or something to in there to get the humidity up during lockdown. Without the egg tray in there put water in the channels and rotate it like you were turning eggs. Then you can make...

Don't clean them. If they are extremely dirty you can carfuly wipe them with a damp cloth but if you can avoid it its best to not clean them at all to have the best hatch rate.

After a few hatches I tend to follow the glass thermometer that it came with. The bulb is right under the fan so it shows the average temp being blown around in there. Other thermometers seem to be affected by all sorts of variables. If the glass one is holding steady and you have checked it...

So far I have had 3 hatches and out of fertile eggs I have only had 2 not make it past a pip. My last batch was a full load and out of fertile eggs I had 100% hatch rate. I use the auto turn cradle and love it! Add water every couple days and let it do its thing! I have had some problems with...

So an update! First time hatching with an incubator, I only placed 14 eggs. 2 silkie and 12 Barred Rocks. I hatched a total of 12 healthy chicks!!! Of the 2 that did not hatch one was not firtal and the other pipped and started to zip but it was the last one and I think the water dried out...

Smart! Thank you for the tips!

Hi! Am about to try out my eco 20 for the first time. I keep getting mixed messages. When you place the eggs do you lay them on there sides? Or pointed down? I have mine set on the auto turn cradle if that makes any difference.