Duck eggs humidity

[dishfickle]

Crap, I've had my humidity way too high. I'm on day 10 or so. There are a lot of veins, and I see one moving. The air cells are pretty big I think. Do they have a chance? 82%.i know! I got temp and humidity confused

 

[cheezenkwackers]

I would remove all water from the incubator and open any vents if it has them. It may be fine. You have two and a half weeks to lose the water in the eggs. Mother ducks have to hatch in all kinds of difficult conditions.

 

[dishfickle]

Thanks . Look ok?

 

[cheezenkwackers]

They look good but a day or two behind. Have you checked your temperature?

 

[dishfickle]

99.5 Took all the water out, but humidity is still 90

 

[Dottie the Chicken]

What kind of incubator do you have?

 

[cheezenkwackers]

How are you measuring humidity?

 

[dishfickle]

Magicfly auto egg incubator. A friend of ours hatched 8 with it last year. In her apt, with no duck experience. I guess she just "winged" it

 

[dishfickle]

The battery operated plug in thing. There's a discrepancy between that and actual incubator. The humidity monitor said 85 degrees. I think I'm sunk.

 

[cheezenkwackers]

The battery operated plug in thing. There's a discrepancy between that and actual incubator. The humidity monitor said 85 degrees. I think I'm sunk.

No, just don’t add any more water until lockdown. I would buy a cheap fish thermometer at Walmart and take the temperature on top of the eggs. It should be around 100 there.