humidity-moisture on window?

[DawnSuiter]

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davaroo to the rescue... again...

I can't imagine the aresenal of links you must manage

and to think I was getting worried about my humidity... I knew it didn't seem right to adopt concepts that couldn't be duplicated in nature...

 

[sara]

What should one do if you get water droplets collect in the middle of the hatch? I've never had this problem before because I am usually fighting to get humidity up where it needs to be. However this time when I put my eggs in my incubator that I use as a hatcher, the humidity read 64%. However all of the chicks pipped and started hatching in a very short period of time, and the windows started getting condensation, and the hygrometer read HI. Fortunately they all hatched fine. I was getting nervous that it would start making them drown in the shells. I wasn't sure what to do, just crossed my fingers and prayed. I did hatch 18 of 20 eggs, with the two that didn't hatch having died before absorbing the yolk sac.

 

[hinkjc]

sara, the high humidy could have been the cause of the unabsorbed yolks. You can open the plugs to release some of the moisture. I use the plugs as my humidity guide.

Jody

 

[sara]

I had both little plugs out. I had no idea what else to do. There was very little water in the bottom of the bator at all. They all hatched within about 12 hours. The humidity only went that high once they started to hatch, I'm assuming from the moisture inside the eggs.

 

[SterlingAcres]

This Accurite one?

I thought I saw someone with it on here, but I couldn't remember where I saw. I was looking for replacements for my original thermometer and wet bulb on Monday, ran out to Lowes and picked up these two little guys. So far, they're working great. I didn't know the probe for the digital wouldn't read humidity either, it's a good thing I stuck the whole thing in there I guess.

 

[hinkjc]

Sara - yeah, sometimes you can't control it when they hatch really fast. Especially when there's a lot of eggs. The best thing to do is wait it out and hope for the best. Typically if they are already pipped thru the shell, they will not drown. It's the ones that didn't pip yet that are at risk.

Michelle - good point on the instruments and keeping the entire unit in the bator. The only comment I would make is to be careful with the white one. They have proven to be unreliable for multiple hatches for me. I got one and it did well for the first hatch and after that never read humidity right again. I lost confidence in them and tossed it.

Now I own 2 Taylor digitals, 4 Accurites, a GQF dial (for wet bulb readings) and a single Flukers (which I'm not impressed with either). I highly recommend changing batteries at least yearly and sooner if you hatch a lot. The moisture tends to affect the readings and how they work. If your readings are not consistent have an alternative product to use to give the other one time to dry out properly inside before it's next use.

Jody

 

[Mrs MIA]

If you keep a towel over the window of the incubator it won't fog up...

 

[hinkjc]

AK - wouldn't that block air supply? I'm not sure how that would prevent the water buildup inside the incubator. What does the towel do that stops the internal condensation?

Jody

 

[Mrs MIA]

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I just fold the towel up and cover just the window to insulate it, and keep it from fogging up... I don't cover any air vents.

 

[sara]

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Thank Jody. Thankfully my hatches have gotten pretty good now. I'm just trying to fine tune all the little details.