HOW TO LOWER HUMIDITY

[casportpony]

It was a very small bowl

How wide is the bowl? If 4" wide, try 2" wide, or a shot glass. You might also do like I suggested and start using distilled water.

 

[Kaitlyn18]

How wide is the bowl? If 4" wide, try 2" wide, or a shot glass. You might also do like I suggested and start using distilled water.

Will distilled water even lower humidity?

 

[casportpony]

@Kaitlyn18 , I think in you other thread you mentioned that your scale was not very accurate, so I'd also like to suggest that you invest in a scale capable of weighing an Emu egg accurately.

 

[casportpony]

Will distilled water even lower humidity?

No, but it could reduce the chance of bacteria in your incubator, and it will prolong the parts of your incubated that are exposed to the humidity. It's cheap, it's $1 gallon, so why not use it?

 

[Kaitlyn18]

@Kaitlyn18 , I think in you other thread you mentioned that your scale was not very accurate, so I'd also like to suggest that you invest in a scale capable of weighing an Emu egg accurately.

Yes I’m going too

 

[Kaitlyn18]

No, but it could reduce the chance of bacteria in your incubator, and it will prolong the parts of your incubated that are exposed to the humidity. It's cheap, it's $1 gallon, so why not use it?

I know I’m going to but I just really need the humidity to drop.

 

[ChickNanny13]

Less water = less humidity
Where do you live, the humidity in your house affects the humidity in the incubator since you have a vent. I've been reading up about "dry" incubating, you may want to search that out.

 

[Pyxis]

Less water = less humidity
Where do you live, the humidity in your house affects the humidity in the incubator since you have a vent. I've been reading up about "dry" incubating, you may want to search that out.

For emus, it's actually suggested that you start dry, and then only add water if the eggs are losing too much weight. The suggested humidity levels for them are from 24% to 38%, according to the breeder that I got my eggs from, who raises many emus and has hatched many hundreds of them.

Of course, you can increase humidity past that if they are still losing too much weight, but, it is actually a sign of a bad egg if the eggs are losing too much weight at the 'correct' humidity levels, again according to the breeder my eggs are from.

 

[MNChickMom]

To lower the humidity when I hatch chickens, I have put plastic wrap (Saran wrap) over 1/2 my water container.

 

[casportpony]

I know I’m going to but I just really need the humidity to drop.

Start with zero water. If too low, add one shot glass of water. If still too low, add another. does that make sense?