humidity control

  1. B

    Day 18 of incubation, having trouble stabilizing humidity!

    Hello! I have been obsessively reading posts here for two months- when I began my first attempt at incubating eggs since I was a teenager (somehow had way more success then lol) I currently have 5 chicks- 2 buffs (6 weeks), and 3 silkies (4 weeks)- that I purchased after a 0% success rate of...
  2. S

    Day 18 Humidity reading 83%! Please help!

    Hello! This is my first time incubating bantam eggs, everything has been pretty consistent and I ended up locking down the eggs at day 16 because they were moving, I followed the manufacturing instructions and put the amount of water in recommended for days 16-21 and now my humidity is reading...
  3. PeaEggThief

    GQF Sportsman 1502 Humidity - Or Too Much Moisture Loss?

    I bought a GQF Sportsman 1502 for hatching peafowl eggs and during my test runs here (on silkie eggs) I'm seeing a trend. Quick hatchers (who unzip and hatch rapidly) has no issues - hatcher who slowly pip and unzip (over the course of 24 hours) are getting stuck/shrink wrapped. The lockdown...
  4. Aaron nassery

    Need I tiny bit of help!

    Hey guys. I need some help with my incubator. I have been having some difficulty with the humidity. I have a fairly large tray with a sponge in the middle with a good amount of water but my humidity seems to want to stay between 35 and 40. I tried a test to see if I can bring the humidity up to...
  5. Silkie Jax

    Need some guidance.

    Good Morning I am hatching out 12 eggs in the "Nuture Right 360" My temp is perfect at 99.5 but I can't get the humidity down to 50% 😟. I'm on day 5 with 16 to go. If I keep at this humidity will they be successful? I have read different % any where from 30% to 66% for the first 18 but the...
  6. Britt712

    Wondering if anyone has done this?

    I have a PETSPIONEER humidifier I have been using for my veiled chameleon. I have some eggs in lockdown and was having trouble upping the humidity so I decided to cut a hole near the bottom of the bator (eggs are elevated in a container so they are not getting directly showered in fog) and push...
  7. F

    Humidity

    Hi wondered if anyone can help, I’m incubating some duck eggs, I’m on day 6 at the moment. Currently the humidity isn’t getting to any higher than 46% roughly sits between 44 and 45 most of the time though. Is this to low and will it affect my hatching rate? Any suggestions will be much appreciated
  8. SailingAgape

    DIY incubator upgrades (Sanity check)

    I wanna sanity check my incubator design off some folks on here that have been at this a lot longer than I. I built my box out of 1 1/2" purple insulation board. Inside dimensions are about 20"x20" and about 9" tall to fit about any automatic egg turner. Right now I have 2ea. 12v computer fans...
  9. G

    Humidity for Sebrights

    I have 6 silver Sebright hatching eggs, and was wondering what humidity people find best to hatch them? My hydrostat is reading 50•c at the moment and then I was thinking to increase the humidity to 75•c on day 18. What do people find best?
  10. A

    HELP Humidity and airflow help needed before quail hatch

    Hi all I need to raise my humidity I’ve read all the posts and have baby jars with paper towel wicks in and hand towels and as many bowls as I can fit however still not reaching (only hitting 30% max) I have an in vent and exhaust vent with fans on both to increase air flow. I am concerned the...
  11. TT43

    Incubator humidity question

    How do you raise the humidity in a still air incubator? My eggs are 9 days in and I'm just wanting to be prepared.
  12. M

    How to get humidity to 70%?

    I have a Styrofoam DIY incubator and I cannot get my humidity up to 70. I've put so many rags, bowls, etc and can't get it above 65. I finally resorted to putting boiling water in there, getting the humidity to 73, but the temperature rose 10 degrees... not good. I really need help and I'm...
  13. MysteryChicken

    How too keep humidity stable in a house with low humidity?

    Hello, I'm incubating eggs, & on day 11, 7 days until lock down. I'm trying to keep my humidity at 35% - 45%, & it doesn't want to stay that way any longer then maybe 20-30 minutes. Each time it drops I add extra water, & it rises to about 47-55% humidity, then drops rapidly. Since the house is...
  14. KaleDaDuck

    Can i incubate eggs at a high humidity rate?

    So i put 8 quail eggs in my incubator and put it at a temp of 37.5 and a humidity of 45/30% mostly 30% it was all good and all but i was getting tired of getting out of bed every 2 hours to fill the incubator with a syringe with about 5 mililitters of water.. And secondly when i touch the eggs...
  15. babs silkies

    Humidity during incubation

    Ive just had my first experience with hatching eggs. From the nine eggs in the incubator I managed 2 chicks. It was very difficult to get the humidity up and maintain it at the suggested level of 65-75%. I kept adding warm water to the point that it spilled through the little drain holes above...
  16. emmsx3

    Incubating Eggs With a Heating Plate

    Hi Everyone! I had a hen that had laid 3 eggs earlier this month but we realize she has not returned to her eggs and for almost a week and we can't find her anywhere...:( I decided I wanted to save her eggs and I've researched different ways to make a homemade incubator. But the simplest way...
    • emmsx3
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    • baby chick baby chicks chicken eggs egg incubating heating homemade incubator humidity control incubating incubating chicken eggs temperature control
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    • Forum: Incubating & Hatching Eggs
  17. tinylittlegrain

    Humidity dropping during lockdown....

    Hi, Today is day 21 in the chick household and since 18:00 last night (day 20), I've had 3 pips. This is my first hatch and I started with six but lost one sometime during week 1. The eggs were shipped to me and I am using a brinsea mini incubator, temp 37.7*c and 45% humidity. I am hatching...
  18. T

    Monitoring Humidity

    I've just purchased this (attached image), and it did have good reviews. I have also bought a humidity meter, but my question is: how does one actually best increase or decrease humidity with this type of incubator? Just add more or less water to the bottom? Anyone else had some genius...
  19. K

    Little giant, low temps

    I’ve got a full incubator, it’s a little Giant styrofoam forced air one, the two thermometers in the Bator read 99.5, as does the digital one, but when I check it against my digital human thermometer it reads a bit low 96-97 degrees. Is this too awfully low? Should I try to adjust it up?I’m dry...
    • Kris5902
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    • hatching humidity humidity control incubating little giant temperature temperature control thermometer-hydrometer
    • Replies: 17
    • Forum: Incubating & Hatching Eggs
  20. H

    How do I lower humidity?

    Hello! I am on day 4 of incubation. I live in the midwest and cannot get my humidity levels below 62%. This is my first time incubating. I have 36 eggs. I have NO water in the incubator, vents are open, and I have tried putting a paper towel in there, a sponge, and rice in a sock with no...
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