first time hatcher since 6th grade sooo excited

[burchettfrmgrl]

Hi this is my first hatch and I wanna do this right I was planning on making a diy incubator but got too impatient and went and got the circulated air incubator w egg turner for my first hatch. I've been collecting eggs since Monday today is day 6 so I hooked up my incubator today planning putting them in later tonight but my humidity is at 70% I have read on how to increase humidity but how do I decrease it w out just dumping the water out and how much water do u add when starting out? Also I have read different things about washing the eggs and wondering if they will be ok w out special sanitizer =-O

 

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OK so I just found somewhere to pull red plugs out which I did the humidity is at 70% right now I guess not soo much water is required

 

[burchettfrmgrl]

Anybody????

 

[red19]

Hi, I use the dry hatch method. I only use the casting tin of a tea light candle for my water in the bator. That usually gives me about 40% humidity which works well for me. Then I increase the humidity at day 19 for lock down. My temp is at 99.5

 

[burchettfrmgrl]

My temp has been staying steady at 99.5 and humidity is at 30% now!! After dumping all the wafer out then putting about a stringe of water. Where would I put the tea candle and how much water do u add on lockdown? Thank you for responding.

 

[red19]

I had a small space in front of my egg turner to place the tea light tin. I just filled it up to the top. Surface area is what you want to keep in mind.At lock down I fill up all my trays in the bator to keep at 70% humidity.

 

[burchettfrmgrl]

I had a small space in front of my egg turner to place the tea light tin. I just filled it up to the top. Surface area is what you want to keep in mind.At lock down I fill up all my trays in the bator to keep at 70% humidity.

OK thx. Right now w no water its keeping at 30% and temp was steady at 99.5 but jumped up to 100 when I turned the heat on for the night so my hubby decided to slightly turn it down and was possibly at about 90 all night hopefully that doesnt affect em too much. Its back to 99.5 and humidity is staying strong at 30%

 

[red19]

Sounds great! Hope that little bit of info helps... thanks an good luck!!