First time incubating help

[Vanessa1260]

Awesome thats good news i told my husband maybe they will still lay we've been checking nothing yet

 

[Vanessa1260]

I covered the wholes. Anyway to bring the humidity up? Was told to keeo it between 55-70% its at 20-21%

 

[wynn4578]

45 to 55% during incubation. During lock down (especially during hatch) 65 to 75% during hatch it's important to keep the humidity way up but the number really don't matter. Since you're not experienced with candeling and gauging air cells run the humidity at 45 to 55 and you'll have a better hatch.

 

[Vanessa1260]

Awesome thank you!

 

[Vanessa1260]

Covered all the holes. I switched out the 25W light bulb and put in a 15W so far the temp stayed at 100 and the humidity has risen. Still waitimg before i put the eggs in to see if i can maintain the same temp/humidity. One question i did have if the humiditu gets too high what do i do? Take out some water? Uncover a hole? Or if it gets too low, add water?

 

[Vanessa1260]

Humidity is at 48% as of right now

 

[wynn4578]

It's the water surface area that affects humidity. So if it gets too high remove a sponge or cover part of the container with a lid if you can.

 

[Vanessa1260]

Okay. So its at 100° and 48% humidity its been like that for about 30 mins now. I did uncover a hole because temp rose to 102. Would it be safe to put the eggs in or should i wait a while longer?

 

[wynn4578]

I would wait until morning and see what the temps are at when you wake up.

 

[Vanessa1260]

Update on the eggs today is day 6. Candeled the eggs. And wanted to get some opinions. One does look fertile has the little "spiderwed veins" and the other looks like it stuck to the shell.. I will post pics. Hopefully you will be able to tell. Thanks on Advance
1St pic is the one that looks like the yolk stuck to the shell to me
2nd one is the one that looks fertile to me