Help! first time hatching!

[Lacrystol]

Ok, you are only on day 11 so you have plenty of time to even things out, so take a deep breath and relax. Yes, take the eggs out. It won't hurt them to go in an egg carton for a few minutes while you dry out the incubator. Then put them back in and yes, if you have a still air the temp should be 101-102 taken near the tops of the eggs. I would run dry and check your air cells for growth. If it looks like they are starting to grow too fast, wet a spong and place it in the bator. But most of all....relax.....

AMY, I got one for you, since your title is Humidity Queen, LOL, Lets' see if you can figure this one out....how would you get the humidity down from 40% to 16%? NO water in the bator what so ever? Here's what I have tried:

TWO fans inside the bator
covering the bottom of the bator with Baking soda,
placing Chalk inside, I hear this helps with absorbing moist,
RICE
Placing the Bator inside a closed up closet with a Dehumidifier
THREE gages All reading 40%
Placing Water Crystal's inside (dried not soaked in water)

So tell me? What Other options do you have for me???? I have tried many many many things and may have forgotten some so don't be surprise if I reply to you "Done that"

you see because the humidity is at 40% my duck eggs are ending up VERY STICKY to the point where I can't save them. It does NOT affect my chicken eggs at all....

SO GIRL FIRE AWAY! Bator is a Hova-Bator.. hit me with your best shot. LOL

 

[Lacrystol]

Only in the animal world do all the eggsperts show up to help out!!! Love BYC peeps! ( two puns, one sentence!)

LOL well at aleast all bases are covered, right?

 

[Lacrystol]

Some people just don't get the concept that if you do the same thing over and over the same way you get the same results. If it's not working you change it, and you keep changing it until you find what does work.

AGREE. I have always expressed, if you fail the first time, you need to make changes until you get it right. It's a Learning process, not a "oh I know what I'm doing process".

 

[WVduckchick]

AMY, I got one for you, since your title is Humidity Queen, LOL, Lets' see if you can figure this one out....how would you get the humidity down from 40% to 16%? NO water in the bator what so ever? Here's what I have tried:

TWO fans inside the bator
covering the bottom of the bator with Baking soda,
placing Chalk inside, I hear this helps with absorbing moist,
RICE
Placing the Bator inside a closed up closet with a Dehumidifier
THREE gages All reading 40%
Placing Water Crystal's inside (dried not soaked in water)

So tell me? What Other options do you have for me???? I have tried many many many things and may have forgotten some so don't be surprise if I reply to you "Done that"

you see because the humidity is at 40% my duck eggs are ending up VERY STICKY to the point where I can't save them. It does NOT affect my chicken eggs at all....

SO GIRL FIRE AWAY! Bator is a Hova-Bator.. hit me with your best shot. LOL

I assume your a/c is still not working?? Would you be able to get a window unit or portable a/c unit?
I wish I had tried the gun safe dehumidifier in my bator, but I never did. I bet something like that would help too.

(oops, sorry... I'm not Amy LOL)

 

[casportpony]

Quote: I'm not an expert, but why would one want 16% ? Anyway... What is the RH of the room and closet, how big is the closet, and what brand /model dehumidifier is in the closet?

-Kathy

 

[silkiecuddles]

Temp/humidity is at 96 and 50% so far according to my h/tmeter

 

[Lacrystol]

I assume your a/c is still not working?? Would you be able to get a window unit or portable a/c unit?
I wish I had tried the gun safe dehumidifier in my bator, but I never did. I bet something like that would help too.

YEP, NO A/C, Lets say NO Window Unit, and room Humidity is 61%

 

[Lacrystol]

YEP, NO A/C, Lets say NO Window Unit, and room Humidity is 61%

SO we need Humdity down in the room as well in the Bator. AMY? Thoughts

 

[WVduckchick]

YEP, NO A/C, Lets say NO Window Unit, and room Humidity is 61%

My room humidity is that high too, actually about 65%, but my bator is holding 30. Ugh.... Time for a new bator??

 

[casportpony]

Regarding my post about 16%... I made it because someone posted that it's not a good idea to incubate at less than 20%. Don't know how true that is... just want to hear more on the subject.

-Kathy