55% humidity too high?

crash0330

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I just built an incubator but i cant seem to get the right humidity, I get 55% and thats the lowest I get, so just wanted to ask is 55% too high for coturnix eggs?
Thanks inadvance
 
technically? NO, but it is on the upper edge of acceptable by most folks standards--- 45-55% humidity for incubation, 65-75% for lockdown and hatching. Have you tried more openings/ vents? perhaps a fan drawing in air from outside? Or less suface area of your humidity pool? Just a couple of ideas--- these humidities likely wont hurt your quail hatch but may be way too high for really good chicken incubations depending on the speces. Sounds like a dream for incubating waterfowl tho!
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55% is perfect! If your humidity is to low (Lower than 40) your eggs might dry up and crack. Your hatch ability will be lower. This happened to me before
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. I hope that helps.
 
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This is the fastest way to bring it down. When I was running my homemade bator & humidity went up or temp got to high I would place the vacuum hose over the vent hole & it would correct it in about 3 seconds.
 
Just for example, the instructions on our Hovabator say to cover a portion of the water tray with foil and tape it down. Increase or decrease until desired humidity is obtained. Surface area creates humidity not volume.
 
Yeah you guys right about the surface area thing, I had a large tray in there before that's why I couldn't bring the humidity down but now I replace it with a small cup and I got the humidity in the right level. Now I just have to wait for the eggs, if I get them tomorrow they'll go right in.
 

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