With no water right now the humidity is 20% I am trying to get the temp and humidity right before the eggs arrive, the temp is between 99.5 and 100 degrees. I have had a lower hatch rate with the Marans eggs than with lighter colored shells, all are shipped eggs. I hope I can finally get enough to hatch my own. Thanks for the advice
I used one of those when I was first hatching. It was a Little GIant I think. It had a automatic turner and I rigged up a computer fan in the top. I filled it up once when I first set the eggs. Then added water about once a week throughout the incubation period. Then on lockdown I had some aquarium tubing and large syringes set up to fill the water reservoir from the outside and also I had two sponges that were rigged with aquarium tubing as well. I still use them for hatchers some times. The are actually very reliable if you keep them on an interior wall of the house away from drafts (heating /cooling vents etc). The tricky thing with those incubators is the stupid temperature knob. Barely turn it and wait awhile before turning it again. They are very touchy. I also have a digital thermometer with a temperature prob I drop down into it about egg level. There are these little round temp and humidity gauges that you can get a Petco or online that happen to fit right into the egg turner holes. Remember to calibrate your hygrometer the night before you lock down your eggs for the hatch.
