KaldakurFarm
In the Brooder
Hi all,
I'm doing my first hatch and I cannot keep the humidity high enough in my incubator. It keeps falling into the 50's. I do have the plug out (as I'm assuming they need the oxygen). I have water in the bottom, and paper towels over the grate. I have wet the paper towels several times today trying to keep the numbers up. I had a small cup with some wet cotton balls (can't find a new sponge around the house) but that didn't seem to help. When I locked it down I had wet paper towels in the big channel in the center, but then the humidity was running at 80%, so I took them out. I can't find a happy medium. It is a forced air incubator, do I still need that red plug in? Should I soak the inside to the point that the toweling gets saturated, or put the wet paper towel back in the bottom? It's Sunday and I should hatch on Tuesday. Any advice would be appreciated. Thank you!!!
I'm doing my first hatch and I cannot keep the humidity high enough in my incubator. It keeps falling into the 50's. I do have the plug out (as I'm assuming they need the oxygen). I have water in the bottom, and paper towels over the grate. I have wet the paper towels several times today trying to keep the numbers up. I had a small cup with some wet cotton balls (can't find a new sponge around the house) but that didn't seem to help. When I locked it down I had wet paper towels in the big channel in the center, but then the humidity was running at 80%, so I took them out. I can't find a happy medium. It is a forced air incubator, do I still need that red plug in? Should I soak the inside to the point that the toweling gets saturated, or put the wet paper towel back in the bottom? It's Sunday and I should hatch on Tuesday. Any advice would be appreciated. Thank you!!!