Going into lock down -- UPDATE Humidity dropped to 45% - Oh crap!

[JulieZ]

I'm to be in lock down by 4:30pm today. (Based on time I put eggs in on 7/22) I've had no issues with humidity but suddenly I can not get it to go higher than 50%. I've added water, sponges, the temperature is perfect, the A/C vent in the room is closed off, I put a quilt over the curtains/window & the house is 78*. What else can I do?

 

[Yard full o' rocks]

What are you using to measure the humidity? Are you using more than one device to measure humidity??

 

[JulieZ]

I put another in & it was reading 1 or 2 degrees less. I do have it up to 70 right now & hopefully it will climb some more because there is nothing like duct tape to get a job done. I taped corners, sides & the plexiglass on top. Any place I thought humidity could flow from, it was taped. Then my temperatures spiked quickly to 102 so I pulled back the lamp & it now sits at 100.9. You can bet I'm going no where today. I'm on the home stretch & I've lost too much to leave now.

 

[ChooksChick]

I put a papertowel down over the wire and have folded ones in the water channels, so the water wicks up into the one on the wire. It works perfectly for me.

 

[ChooksChick]

Also, you NEED to have airflow, so don't tape it all up- the air must keep going in the holes so the oxygenation remains good. You'll just want to have a wet cloth or something on the wire.

 

[JulieZ]

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TY ... off to remove tape, add wet paper towel. I'm starting to understand the nervous wreck comment I see all over the boards.

 

[ChooksChick]

It's maddening how it can make a person SO ATTENTIVE!!

I've hatched no less than 500 at this point, so I'm well versed. It make a girl crazy, though!

 

[JulieZ]

Tape gone except on very corners (mine is homemade 10 gallon tank/has fan inside) where there are some small gaps, added paper towel & it shot up to 72 !!! Come on paper towel !!!

 

[JulieZ]

75 !!!!!

 

[ChooksChick]

Woohoo!! Works for me.

You just don't want to get too much in contact with the egg- just where it sits is fine, but no drenching the eggs.