Help! Humidity keeps going down.

[snaffle]

With that much water it should be well above 50%. Have you checked your hygrometer for accuracy If it really is a true reading you can add a couple wet sponges to the bator, but I'd sooner think the hygrometer is off unless Illinoise is a very dry state??

Hatching has been a nightmare for me. I put 4 accurite thermometer/hygrometers in while testing this incubator before setting eggs in it. Incubator (with a new digital one) always read 10 below those 4 junk accurites.

Last night I ordered an incutherm temp/humidity gauge from incubatorwarehouse.com
Hopefully that will make it easier to check the humidity.

I tried to find an aquarium hygrometer at Walmart but did not have any luck with it.

So far out of 27 eggs I have 2 hatched and one pipping. This is the 21st day (Sunday). 1st chick was hatched on friday.

 

[lazy gardener]

IMO, Accurite is neither accurate or right! Piece of junk. I bought a Top Fin digital thermometer at Pet Smart. It seems to correlate well with my mercury bulb medical thermometers. I also use an IncuTherm + from Incubator Warehouse. That one seemed to be very accurate last year, but reads 1.5* low this year. I wonder if the membrane covering the sensor has clogged up or otherwise degraded since last year. And yes, they both have new batteries. That's an other consideration, be sure you have new batteries!

 

[sonilla]

Actually, i know it didnt go into the bator because i took out the bator because taking the water out completely... I live in sacramento and it is a hot weather here, should i try the dry hatch method? I checked at day 5, i saw some veins and i think the air cell was big, i will check again tonight to see if its going well or not.

I have a styrofoam incubator... the humidity will skyrocket if I spill water in it... or dump water out. I will raise more than 10%

 

[sonilla]

Do you know what kind of incubator that man had? Im trying to figure out if 52-53 humidity is ok for my eggs, because it does not go any lower regardless of how much less water i put in it..

90% plus hatch rates using 50% humidity during incubation. All I was saying is that I don't think there is set guidelines that work for everyone. Dry hatches may not be the answer for everyone, even though my next I will try this method.

 

[AmyLynn2374]

Do you know what kind of incubator that man had? Im trying to figure out if 52-53 humidity is ok for my eggs, because it does not go any lower regardless of how much less water i put in it..

I've heard putting uncooked rice or unpopped popcorn in the bator will bring down the humidity if you are running dry and still have to much humidity. They key is to check the air cells.

 

[Bradfordj]

Do you know what kind of incubator that man had? Im trying to figure out if 52-53 humidity is ok for my eggs, because it does not go any lower regardless of how much less water i put in it..

He has two sportsman cabinet incubators. Not sure the brand or exact size. Then he hatches in 3 hova Bator Styrofoam incubators. Try not water, watch your air cell devopment. Good luck!

 

[sonilla]

I cant tell how the air cell looks, i see veins in some eggs and some dont,how does the air cells look?

He has two sportsman cabinet incubators. Not sure the brand or exact size. Then he hatches in 3 hova Bator Styrofoam incubators. Try not water, watch your air cell devopment. Good luck!

 

[sonilla]

Ok ill try that

I've heard putting uncooked rice or unpopped popcorn in the bator will bring down the humidity if you are running dry and still have to much humidity. They key is to check the air cells.

 

[Lisadaisies]

My humidity keeps going down as well, I keep rewetting the sponges with warm water, adding more? i don't think i have any more room. Does anyone have any more ideas, I have a little giant 9300 still air.

 

[lazy gardener]

Is it styrofoam? I took a couple of dry wall screws and screwed a sponge to the wall of my home made bator. Punched a hole in the side of the bator first so I could push a straw through for re-wetting the sponge. Crude but effective. One other reader used an unscented feminine pad stuck to the side wall of her bator.