How to maintain humidy when I'm asleep?

[Pyxis]

Just out of curiosity, since I wondered if being in a different country would mean needing different humidity levels, I looked up some Australian sites on incubating.

This one suggests 50% for incubation and 65% for lockdown. This one suggests again 40% to 50% and 65% only for lockdown. This one too says 50% for the first 18 days and 65% only for lockdown. And then this one, again, says 45% to 55% for the first 18 days and 60% to 65% for lockdown.

I wasn't able to find any recommending it be as high as 65% for the first 18 days.

 

[WVduckchick]

I have a digital incubator that measures the humidity, and it actually won't let me set it any lower than 65%, it just has settings like P1 PP etc. the lowest is %65. And actually, my incubator didn't come with any accurate instructions or even assembly. it's a cheap Chinese incubator so I had to piece everything together without guidelines.. I just hope I'm doing everything right, they are valuable eggs and my roo has only been interested in one hen lately so I won't get many fertile eggs after this until my roo's other hens have finished raising there one chick. and yes, 2 hens are raising the one chick together, they didn't know who's it was so they are just raising it together I guess...

Those Chinese ones are notorious for being off. I'd suggest a new one, and calibrate/verify it for accuracy.

And just another note of caution on humidity too high -- its much easier to raise it later if the air cells are getting too big, and slow things down, but almost impossible to do the reverse. But if the high humidity is working for you, trust the air cells.

 

[Pyxis]

I have a digital incubator that measures the humidity, and it actually won't let me set it any lower than 65%, it just has settings like P1 PP etc. the lowest is %65. And actually, my incubator didn't come with any accurate instructions or even assembly. it's a cheap Chinese incubator so I had to piece everything together without guidelines.. I just hope I'm doing everything right, they are valuable eggs and my roo has only been interested in one hen lately so I won't get many fertile eggs after this until my roo's other hens have finished raising there one chick. and yes, 2 hens are raising the one chick together, they didn't know who's it was so they are just raising it together I guess...

Have you checked to make sure those digital readouts are correct by checking them against a separate thermometer and hygrometer you know to be accurate? Those digital readouts on the cheap Chinese ones are very often wrong, so you might want to double check that.

 

[Maddison]

Have you checked to make sure those digital readouts are correct by checking them against a separate thermometer and hygrometer you know to be accurate? Those digital readouts on the cheap Chinese ones are very often wrong, so you might want to double check that.

I don't have a hygrometer or thermometer so I can't really check it that way. though I am going to keep the humidity at %50-%55 now until day 18, just to be safe. I only have so much money so the chinese one was the best I could get for my needs.

 

[Snoozeys]

I also live in australia ... i suggest you get a second thermometer to check temp and humidity.... 40-50% humidity is adequate for the first 18 days and using a wet sponge or cloth you can raise it 70-80% for lockdown