humidity

  1. ourcozycoop

    Humidity

    hey everyone We recently purchased a small incubator able to hold and hatch 9 eggs at a time. It has a fan and temp control. I bought a humidor (?) but am having a hard time holding the proper humidity. It’s either too high or too low. Any tips! Hind sight. I should have purchased one with temp...
  2. MarlyMonster

    Use of humidity packs to regulate incubation humidity?

    Hi lovely people! I've been trying to google if humidity packs can be used to regulate humidity during artificial incubation and can't seem to find anything. Am I just looking in the wrong spot or is there a reason I can't find anything on it? I'm looked into using the Boveda humidity packs...
  3. 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...
  4. MarlyMonster

    Target weight loss for quail?

    I’ve been trying to find the target weight loss for incubating quail eggs but can’t find a set answer, just what people use themselves. I’m still learning to navigate the site so maybe I’m just not looking right. So what’s the target weight loss for quails, total and weekly? I’ve only...
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    • Forum: Quail
  5. Keeperoflock

    Suggested Humidity Levels Question

    I have a humidity monitor in my coop. It's my first winter with them and was wondering what the best range of humidity inside the coop would be. I have 15 7 mo. old pullets. I have good ventilation, 2x4 roosts and have a poop board. The coop is wooden with a wooden floor, 8x8 square with...
  6. Hepzabeth

    Day 20 and humidity may have accidently been set too high?

    Newbie here. We began incubating our eggs in our new Janoel incubator, rushing to get the eggs is we didn’t calibrate the temperature or humidity. We have kept the temp at 37.6 Celsius and the humidity at 50-55% increasing up to 65% on day 19. On day 18 I candled all 10 eggs and I didn’t see a...
  7. atechieboss

    My first hatched chick! (8/28/2018 4:30 am)

    Thanks to someone who told me to put a wet washcloth into my incubator to keep the humidity high. My hen hatched out two of seven eggs and then abandoned the eggs so I put them in this incubator, since I felt I had nothing to lose. Another person told me that I can pick up an egg up to seven...
  8. J

    Hatching batches in the same incubator

    if I hatch 2 batches of duck eggs in the same incubator a week apart, what do I do during lockdown? I'm going to raise the humidity but what about turning the younger eggs. My automatic turner is either the whole incubator or not at all and I've been hand turning thus far. A second incubator is...
  9. WeTheWeys

    HELP!!!! I only have two days to figure it all out before lockdown!!!

    Incubating duck eggs in a Janoel12, all is well so far. Three pekins, two white crested, two blue runner. We are on day 23 now. I NEED HELP!!!! :thI have so many questions!!!! :hit:oops::confused::idunno:barnie @RubyNala97 @WVduckchick @ChickNanny13 @HappyDancin' THIS WILL BE LONG BUT I...
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    • Forum: Incubating & Hatching Eggs
  10. WeTheWeys

    What do I do with my incubator if I will be gone for two days?

    Hi All, I have a Janoel 12, which has an automatic turner. However, I still freak out about leaving the incubator without checking the temperature and making sure the eggs have actually turned enough! What should I do if I must go away this weekend? I am nearly positive you should never...
  11. kitey1345

    Fluctuating Humidity

    Hi! So I have only had my eggs set for 2 days so far. I live in QLD Aus where it's winter at the moment so it's fairly dry. My issue is that my incubator is fluctuating between mid 40% up to mid 60%. I currently have some rice in there for when it gets too high and may crack open the box which...
  12. WyandotteH

    Day 18 where to from here

    Hi all Apologies I’m sure this has been covered in other posts. My question is I am on day 18 of incubation, do take eggs out of auto turning today or tomorrow. My other question is what humidity should I run incubator at until hatch. Again I’m sure this topic is covered many times I have read...
  13. WeTheWeys

    How to monitor hatching

    My current incubator (Janoel 12) is translucent, so I am eager to create a hatching incubator myself with a clear window at the top so I can watch the process.... i definitely would prefer to see it!! This way I wont be opening the incubator to check and losing all the humidity... If my dry...
  14. WeTheWeys

    Detached Air Cells....What should my humidity be?

    Hi all! I JUST got my first duck eggs ever. They were shipped over 2 days and i received them about an hour ago. I have them propped upright pointy end down in an egg carton and am letting them rest for at least 24 hours before moving them into the incubator, where I plan to use the upright...
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    • Forum: Incubating & Hatching Eggs
  15. J

    Please help! Chick trying to pip but hasn’t not broken through!

    hello! I have an egg in an aquarium with a metal mesh top, temp is around 100°F and humidity is at about 50%. When turning the egg by hand I noticed that there was a circular crack in the egg as if it had tried to break through but it did not create a hole, or pip. I immediately put the egg...
  16. HuskerHens18

    Are Hens More Likely To Die From Heat?

    This has been going on since May. For nearly two months my chickens have been dropping like flies. At first it was coccidia, but the deaths I always saw coming. Chickens were weak, super thin, and died within hours of these symptoms. But somewhere in that turmoil, something else began killing...
  17. Trinitydraco

    Anyone do a partial dry hatch before?

    So where I live it's very humid this time of year. Even with the A/C on the humidity doesn't drop below 40% in the house. I discovered very quickly that ANY water in my incubator drove the humidity WAY past where it should be for those first 18 days. As one does, I went online for solutions...
  18. katelyn19

    Is this right?

    i currently am hatching a Dozen eggs I got from a local farmer. I have my temp at about 100 degrees Fahrenheit. My question was the humidity. I have incubated ducks before but never chickens. I saw different opinions with some saying between 40-50% and other saying like 18-30% my humidity is...
  19. Boo623

    Incubating humidity and temperatures

    Looking for information on accurate humidity level and temperatures for incubating and hatching red golden pheasant peafowl and Muscovy duck eggs
  20. S

    Help! Late DUCK eggs!

    Hi all, Day 28 for my duck eggs was yesterday, but I had one duckling hatch on Tuesday night. Since there had been absolutely no action from the other eggs (no pipping, no rocking and rolling, no noise--I'm used to chicken eggs, maybe ducks are different?), I thought the other 7 I have were not...
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