Humidity help for naturally humid climates...

[imaleomom]

I can't get my humidity down!!! ~ I don't have eggs in yet, and there isn't any water in the bator ~ but I still have humidity readings in the 60's & 70's.

I'm using a genesis 1588...

close vent/ open vent

Any ideas?!?

 

[KellyHM]

Open the vents and let it run a little while. The heat will help lower the humidity as long as there's no extra water in there.

 

[roche477]

Yep, open those vents and it will come down. Then run for awhile and adjust as needed to get set where you want to be. It takes a little practice. I live in Arkansas and the humidity has been way up.

 

[imaleomom]

Thanks guys, that was the approach I was taking. It just isn't coming down very fast. I'm still stuck in the 70's

 

[everythingjane]

Same problem here.. I'm on day 18-19.. most of the incubation period the humidity was reading 62-65%... It's up to 69% now.. just a coincidence since we got so much rain..
I'll let you know how the hatch goes.. I have 18 in there. Candled one of the five eggs I took from the fridge and I could actually see movement of the beak or toes! I only candled a few.. was having trouble seeing in the others out of the fridge, except one I'm pretty sure didn't develop.

 

[roche477]

My humidity ran 65-75% on last hatch and I hatched 16 out of 16 Cuckoo Marans. I plan on running that same humidity level on the batch I have in the bator now.

 

[everythingjane]

My hatch didn't go so well... I had 7 chicks out of 18 eggs... (2 chicks have since died). They all developed close to hatching. I'm not sure if the problem was the humidity or the trouble I was having accurately checking the temperature (still air LG). I haven't decided whether I want to try again or just give it a rest.