Humidity help!

[Dragons4u]

It probably would in chicken eggs, but those are the humidity settings the person I got the eggs from to use.
And as tough as the membrane in these eggs are, I believe it. If it doesn't work, I know for next time. So far, I have 80 out of the original 100 eggs all showing movement, and that's after they had been shipped from one side of the country to the other.

 

[subhanalah]

It probably would in chicken eggs, but those are the humidity settings the person I got the eggs from to use.
And as tough as the membrane in these eggs are, I believe it. If it doesn't work, I know for next time. So far, I have 80 out of the original 100 eggs all showing movement, and that's after they had been shipped from one side of the country to the other.

That's REALLY good! Must be doing something right! Can't wait to see how it goes!

 

[mulelover1999]

Me and my grandma will be candling tonight. I am excited to see what we get. Hopefully the first couple days didn't affect them a lot.

 

[mulelover1999]

Ok I just read in a book that the humidity should be kept around 55-60% and then increased to 70%. Should I keep it at 20-30% and then go to 60-70%?

 

[mortie]

I kept mine right around 30% and then went to 65-70. Not one of my chicks had even a small amount of trouble getting out of the shell. Everyone that pipped popped right out.

 

[Dragons4u]

I can't really answer that question. Maybe someone else will chime in with some dry incubation information or you can read through other posts.
I'm sure you can find the answer somewhere.

 

[mulelover1999]

Ok so I guess just keep it the same and keep an eye on the air cell right?

 

[subhanalah]

I think there is a sticky about humidity with instructions for dry incubation.

 

[cluckerkeeper]

Generic info says 50-55 percent humidity but personally I prefer 20-30 and then I watch the air cell. You can always up the humidity to prevent too much loss but you can't suck it out if there is too much on day 17.

Bill Worrell http://paraguinparadise.netfirms.com/Dry Incubation.htm

 

[seessy]

We fatally over humidified last year during the actual hatch day. We do not have an automatic humidifying incubator just a DIY. Five of our chicks did not hatch despite full development. I researched it after the fact and found I had actually suffocated them with the high humidity. Oxygen was not able to pass through the shell membrane.