Help! My humidity is 89 and ducklings just hatched this morning!

[Suzyq16]

My ducklings just hatched this morning and my humidity is 89! How do I lower it?

 

[DiYMama540]

The humidity spikes from everyone coming out of their shells. Looks like they all made it out safely, so no worries!
You can transfer them to your brooder tank once they've dried off a bit!
Congratulations

 

[Suzyq16]

The humidity spikes from everyone coming out of their shells. Looks like they all made it out safely, so no worries!
You can transfer them to your brooder tank once they've dried off a bit!
Congratulations

Really? Thank you! So I don’t need to leave the ducklings in the the incubator for 24-48 hours? I have a large plastic container and lamp with shavings. How hot should the light be after I move them?

 

[Suzyq16]

The humidity spikes from everyone coming out of their shells. Looks like they all made it out safely, so no worries!
You can transfer them to your brooder tank once they've dried off a bit!
Congratulations

What is a brooder tank? I don’t have that! I just have the incubator and container I bought for them

 

[Isaac 0]

My ducklings just hatched this morning and my humidity is 89! How do I lower it?

Open the lid for a minute, and then set it back on and calibrate if needed. I see ducklings in there that are still hatching, you don't want them to become sticky.

Really? Thank you! So I don’t need to leave the ducklings in the the incubator for 24-48 hours? I have a large plastic container and lamp with shavings. How hot should the light be after I move them?

You leave the ones that just hatched until they are mostly dry, the most important thing is you transfer them to a brooder that is nice and warm without drafts, around 95F should be good.

What is a brooder tank? I don’t have that! I just have the incubator and container I bought for them

A brooder is a pen that you keep the ducklings in when they are young, it should have plenty of space so they can move away from the heat, also provide food and water of course.

 

[Suzyq16]

Open the lid for a minute, and then set it back on and calibrate if needed. I see ducklings in there that are still hatching, you don't want them to become sticky.



You leave the ones that just hatched until they are mostly dry, the most important thing is you transfer them to a brooder that is nice and warm without drafts, around 95F should be good.




A brooder is a pen that you keep the ducklings in when they are young, it should have plenty of space so they can move away from the heat, also provide food and water of course.

Open the lid for a minute, and then set it back on and calibrate if needed. I see ducklings in there that are still hatching, you don't want them to become sticky.



You leave the ones that just hatched until they are mostly dry, the most important thing is you transfer them to a brooder that is nice and warm without drafts, around 95F should be good.




A brooder is a pen that you keep the ducklings in when they are young, it should have plenty of space so they can move away from the heat, also provide food and water of course.

Is this ok? I think the lamp is too close to the shavings?

 

[Isaac 0]

Do you have a thermometer, so you can adjust the distance correctly, looks to close to me, do you have a bigger tote? Kiddie pool?

 

[Suzyq16]

Do you have a thermometer, so you can adjust the distance correctly, looks to close to me, do you have a bigger tote? Kiddie pool?

I can get a kiddie pool at Walmart. They won’t jump out of it?
they still look sticky to me too. The only problem is there is one egg left thats pipping. Do I put the temp to 99.5 for her or 95.5 for the ducklings?

 

[Suzyq16]

I can get a kiddie pool at Walmart. They won’t jump out of it?
they still look sticky to me too. The only problem is there is one egg left thats pipping. Do I put the temp to 99.5 for her or 95.5 for the ducklings?
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I have two thermometers in the incubator so I could use one of those?

 

[Isaac 0]

Just keep the temp, at 99.5 for now, those babies should be dry soon enough. I've never once had a duckling jump out of a kiddie pool, the one I have the lip is about 2 feet tall.