Dry incubation does not work for me :(

[2txmedics]

Mary, even adjusting you room temp???? thats how mine moves up or down....and vent holes OPEN....

 

[chickenlittle32]

even after all that! vents are open...too...

 

[2txmedics]

hmmm, let me think about this...had dr appt today, and was along day...medications and all....

 

[chickenlittle32]

you are dealing with your own issues as well..sorry...LOL either blame it on the meds or the other post...either way...

 

[2txmedics]

no problem my friend....let me think what I might be missing or can research on your bator....

 

[dancingbear]

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Ok, missing info..what % is your humidity running, with no water, vents open, etc.? What is the average ambient humidity in the area where you live?

I may actually have a solution to your problem.

 

[walkswithdog]

Are those of you fighting humidity levels - either way - calibrating your hygrometers? Or just trusting the darn things to read accurately?

Because the hygrometers I've bought have been up to 12% to 25% WRONG in an incubator. I checked them and found them mostly wildly inaccurate.

Unless you calibrate it - you really don't know what it actually is in there.

Mine read low. So I was trying to bump to what I thought was 70% and was actually trying to push it over 90! Once I knew to subtract 22% from the reading on the hygrometer I KEPT... I was much happier.

There is a hygrometer calibration thread under the Hatching sticky...

 

[2txmedics]

yes, calibrated mine and so did a few I told in these threads

calibrate:

1/2 cup salt
1/4 water
stir until mixed well
place cup with ingredents in a ziplock bag
place meter in bag also next to the cup
seal

let it sit for 12hr...should read 75% at end of test.
if not...then you will have to add or subtract the difference to the reading you get everytime.

 

[walkswithdog]

Yup that's it.

If you calibrated and still have issues, oh my g..... I'd be frustrated too.

Really I found out what worked best by forgetting to add water at the end of a hatch because I lost track of time.

I turned eggs one morning, came back at noon and nearly all of them were either pipped or hatched - on room ambient humidity. I heard the clue phone ringing then. ( Derrrr. Hey idjit - look they hatched without it better than they ever did with it.)

I stopped worrying about pushing humidity after that unless eggs candled showed that they were dryer than normal. I expect to have to fiddle some with most shipped eggs, but not all - which has also been weird.