Humidity in Incubator?

[Jmcggnj6]

Looks like it's going to be a splash!!!!

 

[MiBirds]

Looks like it's going to be a splash!!!!

Awesome! They're beautiful! Thank you

 

[Jennifer Cappi Williams]

Temp stays the same throughout. Humidity between 65 and 75 at hatch. If your worried you can wait till you have a pip (internal you might here chirping or external you can see a crack in the egg) to raise humidity. Since toy aren't sure probably set the humidity at about 50% for now

I am so confused... I have just been told when I told other people on other threads that I had humidity between 60 and 70 (for duck eggs) that is WAY too high. I have no idea. I have 2 duck eggs internally pipping. I had the humidity at 75 and I quick ran and lowered the humidity because I was told it is too high.. I am so confused..

 

[Jennifer Cappi Williams]

I have it at 70 now. I will just leave it at that. fingers crossed.....

 

[MiBirds]

I have it at 70 now. I will just leave it at that. fingers crossed.....

Honestly, I didn't exactly measure my humidity the whole time for my egg. I don't have anything to measure it with. I'll need to get something for next time. I just filled it up a little over half way (50-60 %?) for the majority of the incubating and then raised it for the last three days. (70%ish?) I'm not even positive what I did but it worked! I wish you the best of luck on your hatching! I think 70% is okay. How old is it? Though I'm not as familiar with duck eggs as chicken eggs. It can't be TOO different.

 

[MiBirds]

Honestly, I didn't exactly measure my humidity the whole time for my egg. I don't have anything to measure it with. I'll need to get something for next time. I just filled it up a little over half way (50-60 %?) for the majority of the incubating and then raised it for the last three days. (70%ish?) I'm not even positive what I did but it worked! I wish you the best of luck on your hatching! I think 70% is okay. How old is it? Though I'm not as familiar with duck eggs as chicken eggs. It can't be TOO different.

Never mind I see they're internally pipping. So they should hatch in the next day or even maybe two. I think. Maybe it's different for duck eggs :/ But I think 70% is about perfect for when they're internally pipping. You really don't want it to be too low because of possible shrink wrap.

 

[Jennifer Cappi Williams]

I don't know what day it was hatched. Originally these two eggs were put in my bosses garage with intentions of eating them but the mom duck died so I took the three eggs that were under her (egg "A", "B", "C") and put them in my incubator. "b" and "c" quit but A just hatched this morning, though I had to assist it, it could not turn to zip, and has a small amount of yolk out of it. The other three eggs that came three days later out of a cold garage (eggs D, E, F) I only have D and E still kicking. They went on lockdown as of yesterday. I have not seen an external pip yet though... When I candled them when I took the shell of egg A out, I could see that there was a shadow in the air cell and movement in the air cell. So I assume action should start up soon...I hope.

 

[MiBirds]

I don't know what day it was hatched. Originally these two eggs were put in my bosses garage with intentions of eating them but the mom duck died so I took the three eggs that were under her (egg "A", "B", "C") and put them in my incubator. "b" and "c" quit but A just hatched this morning, though I had to assist it, it could not turn to zip, and has a small amount of yolk out of it. The other three eggs that came three days later out of a cold garage (eggs D, E, F) I only have D and E still kicking. They went on lockdown as of yesterday. I have not seen an external pip yet though... When I candled them when I took the shell of egg A out, I could see that there was a shadow in the air cell and movement in the air cell. So I assume action should start up soon...I hope.

I think I would just keep the humidity at 70 where is is, continue lockdown, and because you know they've already internally pipped, wait for an external one. They are probably about the same age, maybe a day or two apart? So if one's already hatched the others should hatch any day probably.
You know, I don't know a whole whole lot about hatching. This is all just what I think about the situation from my knowledge on my one hatch. If I were you I'd post all of this to the hatching & incubating or other poultry (ducks) forums for better answers.
I hope everything goes smoothly!

 

[Jennifer Cappi Williams]

I think I am in the situation of ask many people the same question get a different response each time... lol. I will just have to be careful no matter what. They may not be able to turn and zip if I made the humidity too high and if they can't, I have to help, and if I help, I can't let them push the bottom of the shell off this time without me inspecting it closer.

 

[sawilliams]

I'm not sure if it's different for duck eggs but for chicken most things I've read are anywhere from 30-60% during the first part and 60-75% at hatching. Some people prefer much lower humidity due to experiance with hatching and with their incubators. I wouldn't worry about it to much, as it is very confusing. Just try to aim for 40-50% during growing lower if air cells are growing slowly and higher if they are growing fast. And 60-70% at hatch. You may spike humidity when an egg hatched try not to worry about it to much but you can open the bator and close it quickly to retain the temp but let the humidity out a little. Let the humidity and temp stabilize between each opening before doing so again. It takes time to learn and honestly I'm only on my second hatch. I'm having to run the humdity at 30-40% becuase my air cells didn't grow well last time.

As for your assisted egg... if it still had yolk it probably wasn't ready to zip just yet with chickens it can take 12+ hours from pip to zip