How too keep humidity stable in a house with low humidity?

[Punkybrewster]

Nice. I dont have very much luck with quail. Could you update how the mist maker helps?

 

[gimmie birdies]

I was reading about hatching eggs, and they said getting the heat right is more important than the humidity. I just had 8/10 shipped chicken eggs hatch at around 50% humidity.

On dry hatching, as some still air people do,(not me) I have had better luck with that in a smaller container, than a big one. Also in one of my first homemade incubators, I had alot of humidity, and 6 eggs. The only egg I candled was a white one, because I could see in it. I candled that egg so much I thought the ones I didn't candle would do better, but the over-candled egg was the only one that hatched, because it had less moisture.

 

[MysteryChicken]

How did you do this as mine is the same I’ve used sponges but can’t add water anywhere. I have two air vents but scared to close incase not enough oxygen for the eggs. I’m only on day 5 but struggled to keep humidity above 30.0% worried about when lock down comes around. I ordered a mist maker and hopefully that will increase it a bit but still need to make a decision what to do for lockdown or may have to build another incubator.

I put a pot full of water on the woodstove, while it's burning to create a humid house. I also have a towel on my incubator.
Mine only has 1 ventilation hole on the side.

 

[Aycchicks]

Nice. I dont have very much luck with quail. Could you update how the mist maker helps?

Mist maker gets the humidity up in minutes and last a good hour, quickly increased 20% in minutes. However after 65% humidity I turned it off and check every few hours. Next batch I’ll see if i can get it to turn On/off automatically with a relay. Overall i recomend it to increase humidity, for £5 on eBay it does the job

 

[Punkybrewster]

At this point, living in the south, im trying to get the humidity down. Ugh.

Ive got dark marans eggs in that need it low. Its a battle.