Humidity keeps lowering on day 20 help!

[Chicken-lovebirdchihuahua]

Hello everyone so I have 41 eggs in the incubator and the humidity keeps lowering no matter how much water I put in that morning by the after noon it will be like 35 percent and that's not good so I dump as much water in as I can without letting out much heat this started on day 18 and now it's day 20 and I'm doing the same thing but no ones piped did I kill them what do I do to get the humidity regular I think it's happening because I took out the red pigs like I'm supposed to but the humidity just keeps getting lower what do I do? And also I spent 50$ on these eggs and the others are my roosters off spring and he just got castrated and I really need his offspring please help me

 

[JaeG]

Unless they've externally pipped the humidity being a bit low shouldn't hurt them. Get some wet cloths, sponges, and paper towels in there. that helps.

 

[oregonkat]

You may be relying on a faulty piece of equipment. If you are adding water and the water is remaining in the trays you are NOT losing humidity, your gauge is lying to you. Humidity, as you probably know, is controlled by surface area, not depth. Have you calibrated your hygrometer? What do your air cells look like? If your aircells are expanding, your little guys are progressing right? Get some SMALL sponges make them wet and add them if you still feel like the humidity is too low. But, really do get a reliable hygrometer and calibrate it. It will keep you from stressing about this. Good luck with your hatch. I am on day 17 with mine.

 

[Molpet]

good advice above
also if the calibrated hygrometer is still showing low the room may be too dry.
Some people have had to run a humidifier in the room the incubator is in.

 

[Chicken-lovebirdchihuahua]

Thanks everyone for all your help my only problem with the sponge is that I have 41 eggs which is max eggs so there is no room for it

 

[oregonkat]

Thanks everyone for all your help my only problem with the sponge is that I have 41 eggs which is max eggs so there is no room for it

Best way to deal with this problem IMHO is to take a sponge and cut it into strips and lay the strips around the perimeter of the bator. Just be aware that you may not actually need them if your hygrometer is off.

 

[Chicken-lovebirdchihuahua]

Best way to deal with this problem IMHO is to take a sponge and cut it into strips and lay the strips around the perimeter of the bator. Just be aware that you may not actually need them if your hygrometer is off.

thanks so much that's a great idea

 

[Chicken-lovebirdchihuahua]

Hey guys I figured out my incubator is leaking what do I do??

 

[JaeG]

Yikes! Got any duct tape? If none have externally pipped carefully put the eggs somewhere safe, take the incubator apart, fix it with duct tape, put it all back together. Even if they have externally pipped wrap them in a warm, damp towel while you do what you need to do.

 

[Chicken-lovebirdchihuahua]

Yikes! Got any duct tape? If none have externally pipped carefully put the eggs somewhere safe, take the incubator apart, fix it with duct tape, put it all back together. Even if they have externally pipped wrap them in a warm, damp towel while you do what you need to do.

ok thanks so much!!