HELP QUICK. 70%Humidity?

[deadeye531]

I am due to go on lockdown tonight/early tomorrow. Last night I had my hatcher hovabator setup and added humidity to it after I had gotten them temps regulated. Last check last night it was right at 66% and now today I cant get it to go below 70, right now its at 76% and 99.1 degrees. I have taken some water out but still cant get it to drop. Anything I can do to help or will the humidity be ok? THanks Landon

 

[kelseygirl707]

Hmmm, could you have spilled some of the water on the floor of the incubator? I did that last night, but I'm on lockdown, so the humidity is right where I need it. Maybe add some paper towels to try to absorb some of the humidity? Or cross your fingers, leave it alone, and let it slowly dry itself out.

 

[lockedhearts]

Are you sure your Hygrometer is correct? I just checked mine as I just set my bator up again. One was 12 low and one was 14, I would not have known without checking them. Last year when I used them they were both only a couple low.

 

[deadeye531]

I have checked it and its right. Its the Accurite hygrometer and temp. and they are both correct. I did take some water out just now and wiped the bottom of the incubator and its clean. Gonna let the temp come back up some more and check in a few.

 

[Penturner]

Keep in mind it is not the amount of water but the surface area that determines the humidity. I had to go all the way down to a pill bottle to keep my bator at between 40 and 45%. is there any way you can get a tube or straw in the container and suck or siphin the water out?

 

[Chipper]

If you have water in more than one channel you may need to completely empty one of them to bring your humidity down.

 

[deadeye531]

After I dried one of the troughs out I let it warm back up and at 99.3 I was at 73%. I then dried out the other trough as well and it went up to 77%. I am letting it run for now and let it dry out as its running before I put the eggs in. Would this be too much humidity for chicken eggs? THis is the frist time for me to hatch chickens

 

[kelseygirl707]

Yah that's high for chicken eggs, IMO it's even too high for duck eggs, I keep my duck eggs around 55% to 60%, and my chicken eggs 45% to 50%.

 

[fordmommy]

I was having that problem but I wasn't in "lock-down". I emptied the water out too. But it still took a couple hours for the readings to drop.