Humidity must've worked I HAVE A CHICK! *update 100%hatch !**

[Vamp-A-Billy Princess]

Okay my incubator took little or no water to be the correct humidity. Now that I'm trying to raise it for hatch I cant get it to go up past 52%. I filled all water trays and threw a sponge in the bottom under the wire and sshelf liner. It has been about 2 hours but I have opened it to get the eggs arranged. How long should I wait to add more?

 

[McGoo]

bigger, wetter and warmer sponge????

I hate this stage of the game... it's always so hard to regulate. Good luck

 

[Vamp-A-Billy Princess]

i'm trying a maxi pad. Someone said it works better and stays wetter than a sponge. I guess I'll go throw it in the microwave first.

 

[Mom 2em All]

No fair running to another thread

When you put it in the microwave then the bator- your temps are going to spike...don't worry, Im still here.
They need a smiley icon that goes: "zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz"

 

[Poison Ivy]

What kind of incubator do you have? Are you sure your hygrometer is reading it correctly? I would think if you added all that it should be reading higher. Do you have another hygrometer to get a second reading with? Good Luck hope it gets straighten out for you.

 

[Vamp-A-Billy Princess]

Sorry didnt mean to run out on ya! Just hoping a giant "help" in the subject would get some input. Threw 2 maxi pads in. Reading went up immediately. Too lazy to go downstairs and microwave em. Now to get that stupid temp fixed. It is ALWAYS too high or too low!

 

[Vamp-A-Billy Princess]

Wow! The humidity jumped right up to 65. Now if I can get the temp back up... How's yours doing? I'm taking the thermometer probe out for a minute so it can reset itsself. Okay I am freaking out. Why cant I get the numbers right!

 

[Mom 2em All]

Im SOOOOOO tired, but too scared to go to bed because of the temperature.
Stupid control. If I can just assure myself it wont spike in the next six hours- I will get some sleep.

 

[Vamp-A-Billy Princess]

Everytime I leave the room it spikes. I dont care how much my husband whines I am not moving till its right. This is almost as scary as when I had my own baby.

 

[Vamp-A-Billy Princess]

Getting closer...99.1 and 65%