Hovabator Humidity.

[cmom]

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Most likely.

 

[Crele]

Okay kool, thanx, so practically I am on the right track, I ll tell y'all the results on day 10, kinda like an trial and error method I am conducting.

 

[ls430fl]

ok thank you very much. I have been adding every 2-3 days to make sure the trough is filled. It is a hovabator with turbo fan. Lock down is tomorrow so I am going to fill up both #1 and #2 troughs and possibly use some pieces of sponge as well...Can you overdue the humidity and cause problems?

 

[cmom]

The main causes with the humidity, is keeping it too high during incubation where condensation can build up in the air cell and when the chick gets ready to hatch and internally pips the air cell, it can drown, so you can find a fully developed chick that doesn't hatch. During lock-down high humidity isn't such a factor as then the chick needs more humidity so it can turn in it's shell after it has pipped and zip until it hatches out. This is just from my experience. I have experimented with various humidity readings until I got around 100% hatch rate and I have had some that have been 100% but generally I will have at least one egg that doesn't make it, a quitter.

 

[Crele]

Thank you @Hilltop Farm, I just candle lighted the geese eggs and surprisingly enough every individual egg has an zygote!