First time Incubating

[AllisonD]

Hey, all. We lost some hens to a raccoon and are considering replacing them by hatching some babies. We've never incubated before and we have an old-fashioned styrofoam incubator that we can borrow. Here's my question: I know humidity is important, and we live in Western Washington, and the humidity here, particularly during the fall, winter, and spring, is often in between 50% and 90%... today we're looking at 89% relative humidity. I know it's slightly lower inside, and even lower inside a heated incubator, but will we have to worry about adding moisture? Will the high ambient humidity hamper the evaporation of the liquid inside the egg during incubation?

 

[cmfarm]

I would suggest you get a good hygrometer. That way you can tell exactly what it is inside.