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Debbie292d said:
Hiya, Candy, and welcome to BYC! :frow

Loved your intro, but sorry about your brother. :hugs

I've got eggs due to hatch on the 14th and staggered hatches weekly after that so know the excitement. I usually can get near 100% on my own, but shipped eggs this past year has been closer to 35%, whereas other years was 70%. I just hope your eggs got the better USPS drivers!

For shipped eggs, I unpack them and put them in egg cartons pointy side down for a day/24 hours.

After that, I set them in the incubator, then keep the turner off for 24 hours. Incubator should already have been running at 99.5F, and around 40% humidity. Don't forget to turn the turner back on the next day, but some leave it off for two or three days. I just stick to one.

Wishing you a great hatch!
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Hello Debbie, Thank you for the info.

I had almost a book typed out to you and the screen flashed and I lost it….lol. I hope this is not how my whole day ends up. 😂. Although it’s probably better for you….😂😂😂.

I’ve done a brain exploding amount of research on this forum overnight. A great thread from a gentleman named Pete on shipped duck eggs.

My eggs will go into the incubator at 4pm (24hrs) this afternoon in cut down cardboard egg cartons. Not be touched for 3 days. Then left in carton cut out for additional 4 days but turned from side to side. I know I have a 50% air sac detachment in my eggs. Meaning 50% or more air sacs are detached.

My question is with humidity. You said 40%. Mine are preset to 60. And my last and first incubation I could never get it under 50%. Not sure if our heating with natural gas has anything to do with this or not. My house stays at 50 to 60% humidity in the winter months due to heating with natural gas.

My back up incubator was inherited from my neighbor. New in the box but an Amazon cheapie. It’s set at 60% and is running 70%. Was planning to use it if I had to keep any of the eggs in an upright position longer than the 7 days. Any advice on how to get the humidity lower or closer to 40%? Took the water bottle out of the newest unit and it has dropped to 64%. But not sure if I can stabilize it without the water bottle in. I can see to many things that may go wrong.

Thanks in advance for any info or if you can see from my plans what I need to do different. Any and all advice is more than welcome,

And I’m sorry if asking you this here is not proper etiquette for the new member thread. Thank you in advance for your patience and understanding if it’s not.
 
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