Humidity help needed!!!

[leighanne]

My BR eggs are due in the mail tomorrow. I've been regulating the bator - it's a 9200 still air incubator. I bought a digital thermometer/hygrometer, but I can't get the humidity up past 42%. I've read online how to calibrate it, and I'm going to try that tonight, but I have already filled the water areas AND added a wet sponge but the humidity still won't go above 42%. I've read that you can DROWN the chicks in their eggs - is that true??? Also, should the temp at the top of the eggs be 100 degrees or 102 degrees? I've read conflicting opinions..HELP!

Thank you!

 

[2txmedics]

calm down did you calibrate your meter?? thats important...stand by for a PM read it all and then contact me if you have questions....

 

[Ooopsy_daisy]

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Why dont you post it here as well, so we all have it?

 

[2txmedics]

crazy woman, its been posted over and over, thought people would get angry....

1/2 cup salt
1/4 water

ziplock bag, big oen

Mix both ingredients well...place cup with solution in a ziplock bag, and then place hygrometer next to the cup also in the bag, seal and let sit for 12hrs...

At the end of 12hrs...it SHOULD read 75%, if not, then that is what your off...you might have to add/subtract to get to 75%...there is no fixting them...but you can use them like this once you know what your off.

I have one that is 8% off and another 15% off and both are the same meters, my mother in laws is off I think 12%....

so when I read on mine that is 8% off,....43% I add the so its 51% actual reading