humidity problems

  1. Asteen89

    Eggtopsy, help with why it died?

    I have another post explaining my situation. Long story short, broody abandoned eggs. I tried to save and incubator I finally got yesterday had hunting above 80%. Chick was alive and moving in the shell as of 3pm yesterday. As of today no movement at all. Looked just like the others I opened...
  2. H

    Huge humidity drop during lockdown

    I am hatching silkie eggs and my humidity had remained at 70% for two days and this morning I woke up and it was at 35% 😞 Today is day 20 and no action but chicks looked active and had good air cells before lockdown. I raised it back to 70 but I’m feeling so discouraged. I did have to open the...
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    humidity fluctuations in lockdown!

    hi there, my eggs are on day 19, yesterday i had the humidity way to high for lockdown. i let it be hoping it would lower over time, and it has the hydrometer of the incubator i am using says 76, i do not have an individual hydrometer and that is a fault on my side this is my first time using...
    • izzyschickiess
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    • day 19 humidity humidity issues humidity problem humidity problems incubator fluctuations lockdown lockdown advice lockdown humidity
    • Replies: 14
    • Forum: Incubating & Hatching Eggs
  4. F

    Humidity Issues on Day 1

    Hello, This is my first time Incubating chicken eggs, or any eggs at all for that matter. I have a concern, as I read the instructions of my Incubator, from what it read, it was that there was a specific amount of water that needed to be added to the Incubator daily (though now I'm assuming...
  5. Q

    Incubation Problems

    So I bought this incubator ( https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/81X6ny9jXWL._AC_SY450_.jpg) two months ago and turns out it isn't working as I thought. The reviews were great until I checked the page again and it was removed, probably because it was a scam. Since I couldn't find...
  6. Eelantha

    How to Prevent/Stop Comb Frostbite and Comb Pecking?

    I'm not sure which is happening to three of my chickens, so I want to solve both problems at once. Here's the situation behind this: Due to a recurring problem of high humidity inside the isolated, non-heated coop (hydrometer shows 72-78% - the walls and windows are covered in frost), I...
    • Eelantha
    • Thread
    • chickens comb frostbite comb pecking flock grower feed hen humidity problems proteins vaseline
    • Replies: 25
    • Forum: Managing Your Flock
  7. 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
  8. tayjamieson

    Help! Why do our ducklings keep dying during hatching?

    Hello, I'm in desperate need of some insight, I'm pretty heart broken because this morning we had our 5th duckling die during hatching. We hatched eggs about a month and a half ago and we lost a couple which I understand that the mortality rate during hatching for ducklings is roughly 20%, but...
    • tayjamieson
    • Thread
    • ducklings ducklings dying hatching hatching and incubating hatching assist humidity control humidity problems incubator pekin ducks temperature problems
    • Replies: 27
    • Forum: Incubating & Hatching Eggs
  9. orangesplash

    Have I lost all my chicks?

    13th December 2018, i put 14 eggs of rare breeds in the BRiNsea MAXi-2 EX. I was traveling & i asked a friend who Stopped egg turning on the 1st of January. she showed me the incubator and to my surprise, the humidity was JUST 32%. I knew all the chicks would be dead... but still i was hoping...
  10. bissym

    Day 19 - Humidity reader broken

    Hi, Hoping someone can help me. I'm on Day 19 of hatching some chicks and the humidity reader on the incubator is not working. I've added a damp cloth and an analog hygrometer (though cheap and unsure of the accuracy) in to the incubator, it is reading about 40% but I have condensation on a...
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