Dry hatch temps and humidities for dux

[CluckNDoodle]

Now if you told me that your plastic incubator is a yellow top Chinabator and that your still air styrofoam is a Hovabator, I would use the Hovabator over the Chinabator.

 

[Corbdee]

Now if you told me that your plastic incubator is a yellow top Chinabator and that your still air styrofoam is a Hovabator, I would use the Hovabator over the Chinabator.

It’s not a chinabator, it’s an NR360 but the styrofoam is a hovabator

 

[CluckNDoodle]

It’s not a chinabator, it’s an NR360 but the styrofoam is a hovabator

NR360s are my favorite incubator. I don't run them completely dry though. I usually shoot for 45% humidity for the first 18 days and increase to 65% for hatch.

 

[CluckNDoodle]

No matter what method you decide to try simply monitoring your air cell development will help you to determine whether you need to adjust the humidity.

 

[UThobbyfarmer]

I didn’t see anything that mentioned a dry hatch... was I missing something

No, they don't mention dry hatching. That was the point. I'm glad it wasn't lost on you. They specialize in waterfowl and are sharing what worked best for them and why.

You got some excellent advise from @CluckNDoodle. Humidity is only a tool to affect weight loss in the eggs. You dial it up or down at any point I. The hatch depending on how they look. You won't know if dry hatching is appropriate for your specific region until you look into other factors. Like ambient humidity.

 

[Pyxis]

Dry hatching basically means that during the first 25 days you don't add water because you don't need to add water.

Around here, I dry hatch in the summer because the humidity is high enough that the incubator sits at 35% humidity without adding, and that's what I find my eggs do best at.

But during the winter, like now, I do add water because without water it's just too dry.

You still add water for lockdown, and the temperature and everything else is the same as regular hatching.