Ok - this web site says my humidity should be 50% but other websites say anywhere from 55-60% humidity. Any opinions out there on this? Right now mine is sitting around 60%.
me too! mine stayed 55 the whole first week, now it's been 60 -65. I can't seem to get it down either. i'm interested to see what experts have to say about this.
What other websites? There's others out there? No way! I go for between 40-50%. Remember to high isn't good for the chicks. Here's something to read: https://www.backyardchickens.com/LC-DryIncubation.html
I knew too high wasn't good - I had read exstensively the first time I hatched eggs about "what goes wrong". I had an earlier post today because my humidity was almost to 70 but I did get it down to 60%. That was a very interesting article on dry incubating. I already have the vent plugs out and foil covering the part of the water. Although on my first hatch I forgot to check the water level the whole second week and it was bone dry on day 18. I didn't have a hygometer then - I do now. It didn't end up a very successful hatch. (On day 18 I had 29 out of 42 eggs with live chicks but only 9 pipped and 4 survived) This time I have a notebook and am keeping data on egg colors, size, temp and humidity levels each time I turn them. Now if only I can find a way to break the news that I am hatching eggs again to my husband who has been in Geogia since February and comes home in 10 days...
I know this humidity thing is very debatable! One must remember that you have to increase the size of the air cell. Lower humidity increases the air cell and I keep my humidity an average of 40-42% meaning it can be as low as 35% then I add water. The room humidity stays around 40-42% also. I Increased the humidity after day 14 this time to 45to 46% and at day 17 I was not pleased with the size of the air cells. Just smaller than I like. We will see about Tuesday nite.