humidity issues

  1. K

    Humidity Broke, eggs on lockdown

    Hi, I’m incubating 20 chicken eggs at home (I usually do this each year in my kinder classroom with good success). This year I’m borrowing a different incubator (RCom 20 older model). The humidity was working fine until about day 14. Then it just stopped. I had been told it had issues. So I’ve...
  2. 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...
  3. M

    Humidity Help

    I have hatched chickens for 5 year using the same incubators. Each year I don’t have a problem with the humidity. This year is different since I’m hatching them at my house instead of my classroom. I ran my incubators for the 6-8 hours before I put my eggs in and there was no issue with humidity...
  4. S

    Help! My humidity is 89 and ducklings just hatched this morning!

    My ducklings just hatched this morning and my humidity is 89! How do I lower it?
    • Suzyq16
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    • duck duck advice hatched humidity humidity issues
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    • Forum: Ducks
  5. S

    Help! Problem with my duck eggs and one has already pipped!

    Hi, this is my first time hatching duck eggs ( or any type of egg for that matter). My 9 Rouen duck eggs are on day 25 in the incubator ( Hova-Bator). What should the humidity and temperature be if one of them pipped last night? I can see the crack and a lot of movement and the other 8 are all...
    • Suzyq16
    • Thread
    • air sac day 25 duck hatching duck eggs duck pip eggs about to hatch help asap humidity issues
    • Replies: 13
    • Forum: Ducks
  6. richardbim

    Still Air Incubator Questions

    Hi again, my chicks are on day 14 today, Sunday 12, and I read about checking the air cells which I did and the majority are not where they're supposed to be at. They are much smaller looks like what they're supposed to be at on day 7, some slightly bigger. I took out the water out of the...
  7. tanner17567

    Help!! Advice Needed on Air Cell Size and Adjustments to Reach Ideal When Incubating Duck Eggs

    Hi there! This is my first time incubating duck eggs and I have been doing all the research I can to ensure a good hatch. I’ve always heard that duck eggs are far more difficult than chicken eggs, and I really want to do my best to bring these babies into the world! So, with that said, I read...
  8. MandaRae

    Humidity

    Okay so I have one of those 7 egg incubators. Didn't realize it had such bad reviews when I bought it, it had good reviews on it so I assumed it was okay but reading in here I've discovered some people don't like them. It only shows the temperature no humidity, so I bought a little digital...
  9. 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...
  10. 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...
  11. bhopper

    Humidity level in GQF

    I’m having issues keeping the humidity up in my GQF incubator (older model). I have the humidity kit (bucket, tray, and filters) but the humidity rarely raises above 20%, even with 2 filters in the tray. Can anyone tell me how to fix this?
  12. 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...
  13. OneFowlMama

    Fluctuating Temperature in incubator

    Hi everyone, I've followed this forum for a long time but I have a problem I can't seem to find a concrete answer to and would really appreciate some guidance! I purchased a HHMD 56S Incubator and have recently put 13 fertile eggs in, they're currently on day 3 and I'm just really worried about...
    • OneFowlMama
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    • humidity issues humidity level humidity problems temperature control temperature fluctuations temperature issue temperature issues temperature problems
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Incubating & Hatching Eggs
  14. Tortilla

    Muscovy Mother Duck Problem Emergency

    Today when the mother duck was in the break, i saw her Drinking Water and going back to her nest ,when he was at the nest he spitted all the water that he drinked on the eggs. They stayed about 4-5 minutes with the water on them, i comed, i dried them and put some New Straws over the wet straws...
  15. P

    Help with hatching guinea

    My son decided to work towards hatching is own guinea eggs. We are supporting him but he has been doing all of research so I am here for any suggestions/help. He has a still air incubator and is manually turning. They are in a dark room. The temp. is about 100. The humidity hung at about...
  16. D

    HELP! Need advice regarding shelf liner, on day 20

    This is my first experience with incubation. I have the Nurture Right 360. I have been following all the valuable advice here in these forums (THANKS btw!) and things have been progressing with my eggs pretty well. I have a mixed hatch of a few ayam cemani eggs and the rest silkies and their air...
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