Hatching Silkie Eggs for the first using an incubator for the first time! Need Advice

[Kajoosh the SilkieHatcher]

Hi, I am using the ez simply incubator, got it off amazon to hatch some silkie eggs from my 8-month-old silkie. It is my first time so just asking for some advice. I already have a batch going in one incubator, I'm on day 12, and I have added more water in the trays at the bottom, (as it says in the instructions) and now there us a lot of humidity collecting on the window of the incubator, is that okay, or do I have too much humidity?

 

[hysop]

Too much humidity most likely.

Did you calibrate a hygrometer? What percentage does it read?

 

[Kajoosh the SilkieHatcher]

I don't have a hydrometer...

 

[kandyg_99]

Does Your Incubator Have A Humidity Display On It ? To Tell What Your Humidity Is ?

 

[Lenny loves chickens]

Hi, I am using the ez simply incubator, got it off amazon to hatch some silkie eggs from my 8-month-old silkie. It is my first time so just asking for some advice. I already have a batch going in one incubator, I'm on day 12, and I have added more water in the trays at the bottom, (as it says in the instructions) and now there us a lot of humidity collecting on the window of the incubator, is that okay, or do I have too much humidity?

I would get two humidity readar to make sure they read the same

 

[LadiesAndJane]

Is it possible to provide a photo of a candled egg? You can use a strong LED flashlight or even the flashlight on your iPhone if you have one. This will give us all a better idea of how your eggs are developing and if you have too much humidity. Problem with the cheap incubators off of Amazon is they are very difficult to control humidity and often temperature as well. In the incubator world you get what you pay for.

 

[LadiesAndJane]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...ion-through-incubation-of-chicken-eggs.47879/

 

[Kajoosh the SilkieHatcher]

Does Your Incubator Have A Humidity Display On It ? To Tell What Your Humidity Is ?

Doesn't Have that either

 

[Kajoosh the SilkieHatcher]

Is it possible to provide a photo of a candled egg? You can use a strong LED flashlight or even the flashlight on your iPhone if you have one. This will give us all a better idea of how your eggs are developing and if you have too much humidity. Problem with the cheap incubators off of Amazon is they are very difficult to control humidity and often temperature as well. In the incubator world you get what you pay for.

They seem to be growing really goodly, It is day 14 now

 

[LadiesAndJane]

They seem to be growing really goodly, It is day 14 now

Looks a little underdeveloped to me. Hard to tell. Are you seeing any movement?
Can you mark the air cell outline with a pencil? The size of the air cell is an indicator if the humidity needs to be lowered or increased.