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[heatha1215]

Hi there! I just put my chicken eggs in the hovabator. Temperature is good at about 100 degrees. What percent humidity should it be on? If it's too high what should I do to lower humidity? Thanks in advance!

 

[PD-Riverman]

Hi there! I just put my chicken eggs in the hovabator. Temperature is good at about 100 degrees. What percent humidity should it be on? If it's too high what should I do to lower humidity? Thanks in advance!

Humidity is controlled by water surface----not the amount of water in the incubator----so to reduce you reduce the water surface(example a cup of water will have a lot less humidity than pouring that cup of water into a shallow big pan)----smaller channel or smaller container or cover part of your smallest channel or even no water for the first 18 days(for chickens)---its called dry incubation. I prefer a lower humidity---around 35% for the incubation period---till lock down then double that.

 

[Arielle2]

Humidity level is also influenced by the humidity in the room the incubator is kept in. So........ I also check the eggs by candling at 7, 14, and 20 days. Actually I usually check the air cells at about 5 days to verify it is getting larger and to see if perhaps, rarely, it is too large for the 7 day size. Candling is the best method, or weighing, that I know to verify the humidity is right. Adjusting as needed.

Here I need to add water during winter incubation; in the summer the humidity is too high naturally and I get poor rates of hatch. My best is spring when I can control the humidity--- using an LG.

Just google "air cells at 7 , 14 days" and a few graphs should pop up that you can print and look at while candling.

Good luck!

 

[AmyLynn2374]

Hi there! I just put my chicken eggs in the hovabator. Temperature is good at about 100 degrees. What percent humidity should it be on? If it's too high what should I do to lower humidity? Thanks in advance!

. No one humidity rate is perfect for everyone so it's a matter of finding what works for you. I'll share a link to help with that. http://letsraisechickens.weebly.com...anuals-understanding-and-controlling-humidity

 

[heatha1215]

Thank you all!