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

[beesong]

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Forgot to say that hatch date is today, March 10. Cross your fingers for more!

 

[quiltnchik]

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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?

 

[bordergurl]

testing to see if images loading.....
Now you can all see that I'm the crazy measure the eggs daily lady!

ellenaspen, I know there is a number associated with new members before being able to load pics, so just post a few messages and get your numbers up.

 

[ellenaspen]

Cute!!!

 

[ellenaspen]

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Ok, bordergurl...great graph...I didn't weigh my eggs...think I will this next time.

 

[bordergurl]

Beesong- congrats, will go lurk FB and see if you posted!
Ha Ha Season's Keetings to you too!

 

[ellenaspen]

OK...I seem to have enough posts now to upload an image...here is the first baby...

 

[jlgoinggreen]

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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!

 

[jlgoinggreen]

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[jlgoinggreen]

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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