humidity

  1. O

    Help with duck eggs!!

    I had 12 viable duck eggs at lockdown, raised the humidity to 65-70 percent and left them, I had 3 hatch, 4 internally pip but no external pop and died, 2 I think popped through a blood vessel as lots of bruising on the egg and looked to be leaked blood everywhere when I candles them, and the...
  2. J

    Fan next to incubator

    Does anyone run a fan next to the incubator to help with humidity and circulation. This is the incubator we have. No turner and no fan inside. I used to do like 50% humidity until day 18 with about 50% hatch rate. Then I switched to 35-40% and got about 85% hatch. This time I can’t seem to get...
  3. Cornflower

    Experimental Dehydrator Hatching - I'm doing it!

    May 18th, 2023 I plunked 15 eggs into a dehydrator to see if they'll hatch. I had commented on another post about this and I don't want to put my updates there. But there are updates to tell! Today is day 8, as of midnight May 26. Early this morning I candled some of them and saw... Oh man! I...
  4. Lovemyquackquackers

    Trouble with humidity for hatching duck eggs

    I have a borrowed Brinsea octagon eco manual incubator and am having great difficulty getting the humidity up to the recommended 80% for hatch day. I have filled both reservoirs and still only as high as 73. I have 8 eggs in total and 5 have pipped with 2 of those already hatching yesterday...
  5. T

    Humidity during lock

    I keep reading the humidity during lockdown needs to stay around 70% but the instructions say to open the vent all the way. We live in a very dry climate and I can’t keep it at 70% and open. What do ya’ll recommend?
  6. AllFluffedUp

    A few questions!

    So I have hatched before, but I guess I'm being a worry wart. I'm staggering 32 Silkie eggs currently. First batch of 7 was set March 27th, and should pip by the 17th. The second set will pip on the 22nd. 3rd set on May 3rd. I've done staggering before, and its gone well (I only had one quitter...
  7. J

    Incubator help!?

    I am working with a Little Giant still air incubator. Usually, per the directions, I’ve set the humidity to 50-55% for days 1-18. Only getting about 50% hatch rates. So further research showed me I may have the humidity too high and to try 30-40%. I’ve never used the things (sorry can’t remember...
  8. R

    Lockdown Humidity Help

    It’s currently day 18 and I kept my incubator at 50-55% humidity the entire time, I live in Ok. What humidity would be ideal for lockdown? I have it at 75% rn, but I feel like that is way too high.
  9. R

    Incubation Humidity Dropped Over Night

    It’s day 15 of incubation and my humidity dropped from 55% to 38% overnight. When I came to check I immediately brought it right back up. Now I know the humidity is high, but I read that in Oklahoma my humidity should be about 55%-60%, I’m not sure if that’s actually true, but I am keeping it...
  10. J

    What is your go to incubation method?

    This is my fourth time incubating and I learn something new each time. However my hatch rates remains around 50-60%. I’m using a Little Giant and following I guess what you would call the “traditional” method (day 1-18 humidity between 50-60% and increasing it to 70% for the last 3 days.) I have...
  11. 1

    Humidity Spiking When Quail Eggs Are Hatching

    Hi there everyone! This is my first time hatching Quails and we are on day 18!! We have had 15 baby's hatch as of right now but we still have about another 15 to go. The problem is that since they have started hatching the humidity has spiked up to 79 and I am concerned for the eggs that haven't...
    • 14SSMITH
    • Thread
    • hatching hatching a quail high humidity humidity humidity issues quail quail advice too high humidity
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Incubating & Hatching Eggs
  12. E

    Silkie housing?

    I'm in the Midwest. Wisconsin, to be exact. its not uncommon to have negative temps, even a "polar vortex" of -40F in winter, and 90F in summertime. if you're in a climate such as mine, how do you house your silkies? this will be my first year having them apart from my LF/feathered birds...
  13. P

    Rescue Duck Eggs Pip Humidity??

    I have 6 mallard duck eggs on lockdown and to begin with I'm so scared! There was a 7 day window of not knowing exactly what day(s) they were all in the nest but Mom was seen sitting on them one day and next morning it appeared an animal had attacked her and killed her. Purchased a Kebonnixs...
  14. lavendermarie

    How high should humidity be for hatch?

    I’ve been looking online trying to figure out who how i should put my humidity in the incubator for when they hatch. It always seems to vary from 60%-70%. So I wanted to come straight to the experts and ask you guys what percentage of humidity you’ve had more luck with.
  15. B

    HELP can’t tell if the humidity was too low, duck eggs. Does the texture of the broken duck egg too dry? Is there any way to fix this.

  16. HappyClucker7

    What to do about different moisture loss in eggs?

    I'm hatching 4 eggs that are currently at day 6. The temperature has been really consistent at 99.5 and the humidity has been at 50-51%. I just candled and weighed them (to see if they're losing the proper amount of moisture). 2 of the 4 eggs are clearly developing, 1 I'm pretty sure has veins...
  17. 3bird

    Nurture Right 360 Incubator - Shelf Liner and Humidity Question

    We are incubating for the first time this year. We had planned to bring ducks onto the farm, but with avian influenza, we decided to hatch our own instead. We have the Nurture Right 360 Incubator (new), and based on the advice of others, we added shelf liner. We started the incubator about 24...
    • 3bird
    • Thread
    • humidity incubation nurture right 360
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: Ducks
  18. Diveks

    Egg hatching that still has veins pipped?

    Hello I know these aren't poultry but maybe the same thing goes for poultry. so apparently today is hatching day for one for the lovebirds eggs (I do have handfeeding experience don’t worry) although since these were incubated by the hen before she suddenly died I have to guess what day they...
  19. C

    Dry hatch humidity issue

    I live in FL and wanted to try a dry hatch this time bc of humidity issues. I’m running two incubators, a nurtureright360 at 30% humidity, no water and then Little Giants incubator with no water at 50% humidity. It’s day two and they’ve both been staying pretty steady at those numbers. should I...
  20. D

    Day 2 of incubation humidity concern..

    Hello! This is my very first time hatching eggs for my kindergarten classroom. We are doing chicken eggs. My humidity was at 55 but has crept up over 60 since I’ve accidentally bumped the water container. It cost an extra bay to fill with water in the bottom tray. It was at 61 and I am home now...
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