Eggs in the incubator

[indigo flats]

OK I got my eggs set and the temperature has returned to normal 99.5 forced air incubator with egg turner. My question I am going to dry incubate so is 27 percent humidity to dry and for dry incubating what should I try to maintain humidity at assuming dry incubation does require some moisture.

 

[PD-Riverman]

OK I got my eggs set and the temperature has returned to normal 99.5 forced air incubator with egg turner. My question I am going to dry incubate so is 27 percent humidity to dry and for dry incubating what should I try to maintain humidity at assuming dry incubation does require some moisture.

No, 27% will work. Dry incubation "people" usually only adds water at lock-down, but some do monitor and add a little if the humidity gets to low. Good Luck

 

[Yorkshire Coop]

I too agree that if it gets too low add a touch to bump it up. I would check at Day 7 candle what your air cells are like and you can adjust accordingly.

Good luck with your hatch

 

[Hilly78]

Will a wet sponge work? How do you add humidity in a dry air incubator?

 

[PD-Riverman]

Will a wet sponge work? How do you add humidity in a dry air incubator?

A wet sponge will dry out quick. I would just place a small bowl/pan a couple inches deep with water in it----go with a bigger bowl/pan if you want more humidity or a smaller if you want less. Its always best to add water that's about 100 degree's so it does not effect the inside temp for a few hours. Wait What kind of incubator you got?

The Styrofoam have water channels in the bottom---just put water in one of the smaller channels to see if you need to do something different.