Ella2025's Experiment Broody Hen Hatch-A-Long

[ella2025]

Today is day 12. 6 days until lockdown and 9 days till hatch day!!!

 

[GreenJay]

Let's grow little chickies, you're safe in the incubator now!

 

[BoundlessLove]

Good morning, Spice eggs!
Both you egglets better grow and hatch!!

 

[ella2025]

Good morning, Spice eggs!
Both you egglets better grow and hatch!!

I'm so excited!!!!

 

[ella2025]

The incubators humidity is so inconsistent right now it's weird. This morning it dipped to 22%, so I adjusted the water to flow faster, then when I checked again, it went back up to the 40s. Then later it became 20 again. So I did that again and I went to check on it after a few hours, and it was at 75% which is absolutely bonkers. The entire bottom was covered in water and I sucked it up with paper towel to remove all the water. I'll check back in a few hours. What can I do to make humidity more consistent with a cheap incubator?

 

[GreenJay]

The incubators humidity is so inconsistent right now it's weird. This morning it dipped to 22%, so I adjusted the water to flow faster, then when I checked again, it went back up to the 40s. Then later it became 20 again. So I did that again and I went to check on it after a few hours, and it was at 75% which is absolutely bonkers. The entire bottom was covered in water and I sucked it up with paper towel to remove all the water. I'll check back in a few hours. What can I do to make humidity more consistent with a cheap incubator?

Try putting a small bowl or cup with water inside and a piece of sponge sticking up out of it for evaporation.

 

[ella2025]

Try putting a small bowl or cup with water inside and a piece of sponge sticking up out of it for evaporation.

Thank you! Does the sponge help it evaporate faster? I currently have a setup that came with my incubator that is a plastic water bag with a tube and a rolling thing on that tube that controls how narrow the tube gets so it's adjustable. The tube goes right in through a hole in the incubator and it's not super reliable. The rolling device is either letting out water very fast or not at all. I will try this since there's only 2 rollers in the incubator right now. Also, the incubator comes in a styrofoam box (it kind of wraps around the clear part of it) and the top is solid white. Should i take the foam off or leave it? because now i cannot see at all whether eggs are being turned, water droplets on the walls, etc.