hovabator temp questions

[PD-Riverman]

see the humidity Im not sweating, no pun. hygrometer says 40-50% and Im not really adding water. humidity outside is 95% Im pretty certain its a little less in the house. when it comes to getting the humidity up, I got that.

Good, Good, just for info if my humidity was 45 to 50% the first 18 days---I would be sweating---LOL.

 

[TheBushidoWay]

think thats too high? the chickens outside in the 90% seem pretty good. think they wont lose enough water?
http://www.porterturkeys.com/egghatchingtips.htm
this guy says 50-60 is okay, I figure its higher than 60% in the room.its 98% outside right now It has rained buckets everyday for the last week. not the typical summer afternoon showers Ive been used to.
And well, aint much I can do to lower the humidity inside the unit. Not sure Id want to use damp rid maybe rice. but again Im goin with a hygrometer thats sayin 49%, and I have no idea if thats accurate.

 

[PD-Riverman]

think thats too high?

What I am saying is if it was that High for Me "I" would be sweating. I do not live where you are so Just do what gives you the best hatch for your Location.

I am not one that accepts a 50, 60, 70% hatch of fertile eggs. I kept changing until I got high 90's on the % hatched---even 100% a lot of times and I am not talking about with 20 or 30 eggs I am talking about with 100, 200 even 300 eggs at one hatch per week. If I put 250 eggs in the hatcher and 250 hatch----that's pretty good in my opinion---even if 250 went in and only 247 hatched----I am not 100% happy with that but its a good hatch. Then to be able to do that week after week, 1000's after 1000's means the recipe I use for hatching is a decent one. You and All hatchers be willing to change if needed to get as close to 100% as you can. I set 72 broody hens in just 2015 and all 72 hatched and "just about" 100% hatch(of fertile eggs) across the board for them. I felt if they can do it "out there" I should be able to do it "in the incubation room".

So to answer that question----Yes, its to high for me for the "incubation" but not the hatch! As Always Good Luck with your Hatch!

 

[TheBushidoWay]

Good, Good, just for info if my humidity was 45 to 50% the first 18 days---I would be sweating---LOL.

What I am saying is if it was that High for Me "I" would be sweating. I do not live where you are so Just do what gives you the best hatch for your Location.

I am not one that accepts a 50, 60, 70% hatch of fertile eggs. I kept changing until I got high 90's on the % hatched---even 100% a lot of times and I am not talking about with 20 or 30 eggs I am talking about with 100, 200 even 300 eggs at one hatch per week. If I put 250 eggs in the hatcher and 250 hatch----that's pretty good in my opinion---even if 250 went in and only 247 hatched----I am not 100% happy with that but its a good hatch. Then to be able to do that week after week, 1000's after 1000's means the recipe I use for hatching is a decent one. You and All hatchers be willing to change if needed to get as close to 100% as you can. I set 72 broody hens in just 2015 and all 72 hatched and "just about" 100% hatch(of fertile eggs) across the board for them. I felt if they can do it "out there" I should be able to do it "in the incubation room".

So to answer that question----Yes, its to high for me for the "incubation" but not the hatch! As Always Good Luck with your Hatch!

thanks for pointing that out to me, I did more reading up on it last night.

weird though,the chickens outside can lay and hatch eggs in the 90%+ humidity outside. having looked at the issue. Im going to try to add a family size boil in bag rice pack and plug one vent hole to see If I can drop the humidity

 

[PD-Riverman]

weird though,the chickens outside can lay and hatch eggs in the 90%+ humidity outside.

Question, have you ever put a humidity meter under a broody hen and monitor the humidity from day 1 to hatch? I bet its a lot lower than 90%, You can have 90% one day and 25% the next few days and not have a problem---its all about having that air cell small enough(but not to small) when they hatch so they do not drown.

 

[TheBushidoWay]

nope, you got me there.

@PD-Riverman

did I mention somewhere that these were turkey eggs? I seem to see two schools of thought with turkey eggs. one like yours keeping the humidity low until lockdown, the other up to 50% until lockdown
I always see the same thing too: whichever works best for you,lol which doesnt apply to me, cause nothing has worked for me yet.

and then theres the right way to do things, which would be to candle em see where theyre at and try to adjust from there. I was really trying to avoid that because I am pretty lazy and as its my first time I will have no idea what Im doing.

dang it
and I was really really hoping to load the incubator and be done with it.

the rice did nothing btw. next is kitty litter with the silica gel in it.

 

[PD-Riverman]

did I mention somewhere that these were turkey eggs?

I do not recall you stating that but your link was about turkey eggs.

I always see the same thing too: whichever works best for you,lol which doesnt apply to me, cause nothing has worked for me yet.

I have hatched turkey eggs, again low humidity for the incubation, high for the hatch. Worked good. Being its your first time----choose "a way" and go with it---if it does good----Good, if Not be willing to make changes for the next hatch.

and then theres the right way to do things, which would be to candle em see where theyre at and try to adjust from there. I was really trying to avoid that because I am pretty lazy and as its my first time I will have no idea what Im doing.

dang it
and I was really really hoping to load the incubator and be done with it.

the rice did nothing btw. next is kitty litter with the silica gel in it.

Yea I think you should candle---you can learn a lot. I am not sure "lazy" and incubation work together---LOL.