Calling all New Brinsea Owners - PRIZES - March Hatch-a-long

[mame1616]

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How did you bump up the humidity? I'm only on day 3, but have both water wells filled and the vent barely open, and my humidity is hovering between 42-43%. It's perfect for incubating, but how do I increase it when hatching time comes?

What I usually do is on day 18 I will take all of the water out. Then I fill wells with very hot water and also put a washcloth with hot water in the bottom of tray (someone gave me the idea yesterday of using a maxi pad instead of washcloth and that's what I'm doing this time for the first time). The humidity will go up to 80% or sometimes higher. You have to sit there and watch so you don't drown your babies. I then will open incubator and close until I get the humidity down to where I want it. Once it's where I want it, I then leave it alone and make sure the vent is closed. When you need to add water a straw through the vent hole works great. I also use very hot water when adding water and only need very little water to bring the humidity up. HTH

How do you pour hot water through a straw?

 

[NonnasBabies]

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I use tubing for an aquarium, and a Cajun injector syringe and the tube fits in the end of the syringe perfectly!!

 

[mame1616]

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I use tubing for an aquarium, and a Cajun injector syringe and the tube fits in the end of the syringe perfectly!!

Ah! Thanks!

 

[jlgoinggreen]

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What I usually do is on day 18 I will take all of the water out. Then I fill wells with very hot water and also put a washcloth with hot water in the bottom of tray (someone gave me the idea yesterday of using a maxi pad instead of washcloth and that's what I'm doing this time for the first time). The humidity will go up to 80% or sometimes higher. You have to sit there and watch so you don't drown your babies. I then will open incubator and close until I get the humidity down to where I want it. Once it's where I want it, I then leave it alone and make sure the vent is closed. When you need to add water a straw through the vent hole works great. I also use very hot water when adding water and only need very little water to bring the humidity up. HTH

How do you pour hot water through a straw?

I put the straw through the vent hole and then use a syringe to pour the water through the straw. I could not find my syringe today, so ..... and don't laugh ..... today I am using a turkey baster to pour water through the straw.

I squished one end of the straw into the end of the turkey baster. So when in a bind, you can improvise.

 

[bordergurl]

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Great! Thank you. I do have a question though.... I know how to post pics on here and facebook, but how do I submit picture to Brinsea?

Good Luck on your hatch!

It's the Brinsea Facebook page that you post to (the wall)

 

[bordergurl]

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jmmre31- did you post on facebook? I must have missed it. Please point me to the date that you loaded one of these pics to the Brinsea Facebook page please!

 

[bordergurl]

OK all of you that have hatched already, how about sharing some pics of how your chicks are growing? My eggs went into lockdown this evening, so I need something to keep me entertained or I will obsess over the fact that instead of losing 13.5%, it was 13.08% I did a dry hatch this time (no water in the wells) as my house humidity has been running between 60-65%. I filled up both wells for lockdown, threw my hygrometer in, but can't bear to look as I know it will be incredibly high. It is pouring rain here in Southern Ontario!

 

[thefamilyflock]

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Oh my! .42% off!!

I feel your pain as I obsess too! Best of luck with your hatch

. Hear are some of my week olds:

 

[thefamilyflock]

Sorry, double post?

 

[jlgoinggreen]

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Oh my! .42% off!!

I feel your pain as I obsess too! Best of luck with your hatch

. Hear are some of my week olds:

[URL]https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/51730_p1050484.jpg[/URL]
[URL]https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/51730_p1050464.jpg[/URL]

Oh my.... the cuteness.