Cabinet incubator and condensation on glass

[Millhouse]

HELP! I set my eggs last night, my very first hatch so I am really adjusting to this learning curve.... I have a home built cabinet incubator I built myself (whoot! Its so cool). I got my temp up to 98.9 to 101.2 and it stays in that range... my humidity is at the 58% and I haven't gotten it to go higher. The issue is that now I have tons of condensation on the glass everywhere! I don't know what to do!
Should I have vent holes? If I drill holes wont that lower the humidity? or lower the temp? I am using two 100W bulbs (as all the others were either not hot enough or the heat one was waaay too hot - in the 110 range)

Any suggestions please? here's a pic of my Bator. (I did move it where there are no windows)



See the water tub, it's a 2 gal. with a large sponge.... heat sink in the right side - might need to add another one?



My eggs are on rubber drawer liner, I thought it would make it easy to clean and keeps them from rolling as I turn them... (I forgot to add an outlet for the fan to be INSIDE instead of out lol)

It's on wheels and was an old fishtank stand I rescued from the weather. I am SO SO nervous! I don't want to ruin my hatch from not knowing enough.... ANY suggestions would be wonderful!

Thanks!

 

[justin24]

to much water

 

[Millhouse]

if I do less water how do I get the humidity to stay up? Do I need to drill some vent holes?

 

[Roscoe Red]

I Built my own cabinet incubator and you should have vents to exchange fresh air in your incubator. I cant tell by the pics if you have a fan or not. I would have vents in two locations for the exchange. As long as you have a fan and standing water the air moving will keep your humidity consistant. By opening ,closing and adjusting your vents you can regulate your humidity. Hope that helps!

 

[twilite]

My incubator has one top window that always gets condensation so I can't see inside. I found that putting a towel or old shirt on the window keeps condensation down. I remove the towel/shirt from the window to observe the eggs or chicks

 

[Cpntherfan]

if I do less water how do I get the humidity to stay up? Do I need to drill some vent holes?

this may be a dumb question (but i did it lol) is your hygrometer inside the cabinet?

 

[justin24]

if I do less water how do I get the humidity to stay up? Do I need to drill some vent holes?

yea because the baby need some oxygen

 

[Millhouse]

yep, the meter is inside, lol, sooo much better with the vent holes, thanks for all of your help. Tomorrow is lockdown, kinda nervous!

 

[justin24]

let us know how it goes

 

[Cpntherfan]

yep, the meter is inside, lol, sooo much better with the vent holes, thanks for all of your help. Tomorrow is lockdown, kinda nervous!

good luck