Do you use that water evaporation block? I’m thinking of rolling a piece of shelf liner up and putting it in there, it will be easy to wash. I use wet shelf liner to add humidity when I take chicks out during hatch. Also did you get a hatching mat, or is it just that piece of cardboard on the bottom?i got the 28 ex and i love it so far, but i haven’t gotten around to hooking up the automatic humidity yet
I don’t have the hatching mat nor cardboard...I use shelf liner over the bottom and since I haven’t hooked up the auto humidity, I add water through the vent hole. My hygrometer on the incubator reads high so I keep my accessory in there to monitor rh
Thanks! I’m working on setting it all up now. I have calibrated therm/hygr I’m gonna put in there. I’m collecting eggs for a couple days still but I want to get it going steady, wish me luck!
Oh also, do you use that paper block thing? Or just put water in the pan?
I just let the water drip down the side into the pan....I don’t remember seeing a paper block thingie....I put the tubing for the humidity aside until I figure out how to set it up
I cracked three or maybe four eggs by that divider bulging on one side for a large egg and then it cracking another.
I try to stay below 42% before lockdown, and below 65 at lockdown. My area is extremely humid, my property backs a small swamp. I have it set up now, and the hatch mat I made might be a bit damp, and I washed all the stuff and wiped down the inside, so the humidity is high, like 48% with no water in it. I hooked up all the stuff, so over the next 2 days I’m going to watch the readings. The temp seems spot on so far.I am doing my first quail hatch in the 56ex.
I don’t like the quail tray dividers.
I no longer use the auto humidity because I run almost all my hatches dry until lockdown when I fill both wells. That personally gives me 30-35% humidity most times of the year and 50-55 at lockdown.
my first couple of times using the humidity feature it would fill constantly and get additional water on the sides because my incubator cannot reach what I was trying with a full well.
the sponge or something is important if you’re trying to hit a specific number. The increased surface area in the well will allow you to hit more of a range in humidity. What humidity has worked for you in the past in your incubator?
