55% humidity too high?

[crash0330]

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

 

[JJMR794]

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!

 

[crash0330]

thanks I did just that open another hole for ventilation and got it down to 53% and 52%

 

[vegafarm]

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

. I hope that helps.

 

[kingmt]

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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.

 

[Valley quail breeder]

On my homemade cabinet bator it runs 68% and i have 98% hatch rate but I'm hatching my own eggs. And seems to work great. Than again my humidty gauge could be wrong too ...LOL

 

[optic1]

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.

 

[crash0330]

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.