First try with my homemade incubator questions before I start. Pic.

[Spitman]

First Try, what should I look for on humidity % ? Also eggs point up or point down? my bator works awesome temp stays between 99.6-99.7 only 1 tenth of a degree swing awesome A!!. Any other advise would be great I'm totally new to chickens and incubating, But I think my bator will make up for my lack of wisdom LOL. I read somewhere that the chick would benifit from letting the heat drop once a day??? to replicate the hen taking a few min to eat and use the rest room, dose anyone do that?? and if so how long and to what degree do you let it fall (the Temp) ? And what about candling the eggs , that seems risky to take them out and check them is that safe, how much time can they be out ?Sorry if these Questions seem stupid I just dont want to screw up. Thanks for any and all help. Just click on image to inlarge.

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[rebelcowboysnb]

pointy end down.

40% 1-18 an 65% the last 3 is a good place to start but here read this on humidity an ventilation. http://cmfarm.us/ventilation.html

I think the needing to drop in temp is malarkey. But they can handle getting cold for over 24 hours so candling is fine.

 

[rebel yell]

my first time useing my homemade bator i had to turn my eggs by hand 2 times a day & that ment opening it up twice a day to do that & still hatched 13 out of 15, i just had it open long enough to turn them.

 

[chuck12]

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Same here,.. I still hand turn 3 times per day with my little home made incubator,.. it is tedious but it hatches ...lol