Help! first time hatching!

[silkiecuddles]

OUCH, that's really high, can you move the bator into another room? Like the basement or some place where there's a/c or where it's cooler?

We don't have a basement and the room it's in has the most stable temps. I read somewhere that someone put rice in the bator. 1 tsp brought it down from 45% to 25%. Should I put some rice in there? Its day 11

 

[WVduckchick]

I've read rice doesn't work. But I guess anything is worth a try. Is this in your Brinsea? What's it running at now?

 

[silkiecuddles]

I've read rice doesn't work. But I guess anything is worth a try. Is this in your Brinsea? What's it running at now?

It's the neighbor's LG. 97 degrees 62%.

 

[WVduckchick]

Wow, 62% with no water? That's amazing. Are you sure the hygrometer is accurate? Are the vents all open? I wonder if cotton balls would do anything? At least it might pull any humidity away from the eggs.

 

[Lacrystol]

We don't have a basement and the room it's in has the most stable temps. I read somewhere that someone put rice in the bator. 1 tsp brought it down from 45% to 25%. Should I put some rice in there? Its day 11

Rice, Baking soda, Don't waste your time, those things do NOT work. I even tried Water crystals. Does not draw the moisture out of the air.. I have the bottom of my bator COMPLETELY covered with baking soda, my humidity 31 ?? REALLY? I even tried TWO fans, I tried so many different things and the only thing that worked was by moving the bator into a cooler room. BOOM then it finally went down.

 

[silkiecuddles]

Wow, 62% with no water? That's amazing. Are you sure the hygrometer is accurate? Are the vents all open? I wonder if cotton balls would do anything? At least it might pull any humidity away from the eggs.

No there is water in all the channels. I filled them on day 0 and they're all practically full. And I can't drain it without taking the eggs, turner, and screen out.

ETA: I have the hydrometer/thermometer I used in my Brinsea in the LG, so I'm just ignoring the numbers on the screen of the lid.

 

[silkiecuddles]

Rice, Baking soda, Don't waste your time, those things do NOT work. I even tried Water crystals. Does not draw the moisture out of the air.. I have the bottom of my bator COMPLETELY covered with baking soda, my humidity 31 ?? REALLY? I even tried TWO fans, I tried so many different things and the only thing that worked was by moving the bator into a cooler room. BOOM then it finally went down.

Ok, I'm kinda desperate. It's day11 and all the channels are still full. The humidity has been high the entire incubation and the temp has been low (95-98) the entire time. And the buttons don't seem to affect the temp.

 

[silkiecuddles]

Looking at the lid, I just now realized there is no fan in there. I have both red plugs out, btw. I took them out at the beginning.

 

[casportpony]

Looking at the lid, I just now realized there is no fan in there. I have both red plugs out, btw. I took them out at the beginning.

No fan means your temp should be at 102, I think. With a fan it should be 99.5.

-Kathy

 

[silkiecuddles]

No fan means your temp should be at 102, I think. With a fan it should be 99.5.

-Kathy

???Screen on lid says 100 degrees and 40% but I find that hard to believe, as there is often condensation on the lid.