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I see that, and as I said, the idea is interesting.
Stop for a moment and consider though the area of the trays that GQF provide to control the humidity effectively. You will see that you would have to fill the egg turner with *water eggs* to provide similar results.
I am not knocking the idea, just questioning it's practicality, thermodynamics being what they are
I have no idea why your friend had good results, I do not know the ambient conditions, or what controls were used to compare. I am just saying that this idea has practical limitations, and that folk should consider these limitations along with the idea.
On the other hand, we learn something from every experiment, and I, for one, am glad to see so many ideas posted.
Keep up the good work.
Her friend had good results with the hatch because of th eggs. The idea has mor practicality than a sponge. THis freind has all the bells and whistles for th bator and the humidity was right on target. And since some people dont remove the egg try in the bator it works to keep chicks from falling through the trays holes, and getting stuck. You put the eggs withthe water in, and since the temp. is high it evaporates the water, ther by increasing the humidity.sponges are usually to big, and are more of a nusense than placing a egg full of water in some of the empty holes. The idea is a great idea, and is very practical. I know the woman farmerkitty posted this thread before. She lives in a area that has no humidity, so its not like she's incubating in a rain forest. a couple eggs can hold as much water as on sponge does, this has ben tested. And you can make the holes bigger if you need to increase the humidity, or youu can just add some more eggs. And if you have a bator like mine with alot of different guages thermometers, and water wigglers you need all the extra room you can get, I to am not trying to be mean but i am trying to show you the practicality of the idea.This has been used before and it does work pretty good. So some one might rather have a few small eggs in the tray and out of the way, rather than a sponge that takes a lot of space, and sits in ther breeding harmful bacteria the could cuase the chicks t get sick and die.
