Everyone Must Try Dry Incubating. (success!)

[thatduckguyy]

This is my first hatch and I hatched 5 out of 6 eggs, the first one wasnt even fertile so technically I hatched them all! All very stong and healthy ducklings, if you have not considered doing this.. TRY IT! I mean wow I never thought I would hacth all eggs on my first hatch.

 

[ginbart]

Way to go. I like dry hatching better.

 

[KrisH]

How about some details or links to more information? Now that you have our attention...

 

[thatduckguyy]

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Yeah, i should put up some links.

 

[vnploveschickens]

I got a huge amount of information from this link:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=113681



I had great success on my first incubator hatch also!

 

[yinepu]

dry incubation doesn't work for everyone though.. it depends a lot on your location .. in this part of Texas we have very low relative humidity.. so I cant do a dry incubation

 

[Shayna]

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What did your humidity run before lockdown?

 

[thatduckguyy]

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What did your humidity run before lockdown?

I just kept it from dropping below 30% so it ranged around 40 - 60

 

[Shayna]

Cool, thanks. I'm keeping mine around 35-40%. I add a syringe of water if it gets below 35%, which isn't too often. I like the dry incubation idea.

 

[Hangin Wit My Peeps]

dry incubation doesn't work for everyone though.. it depends a lot on your location

SO very true! I live in WI and that would NEVER work here for me. I tried it and lost every last one of them

Have to keep it humid around here for the babies. If I even let it go down a bit they all get stuck to their shells and can't get out