humidity problem

[dadsgirl]

i have a dry air incubator and am trying to stabalize it for my next hatch, i can get the temp correct, but cannot get the humidity over 28% ---i live in florida, and want to know if anyone knows how i may improve this. i am doing dry incubation. from a article i read. any help would be great.

angie

 

[swtangel321]

Well, with dry incubation you usually dont add water unless the hum falls under 25%

Do you have any water in the bator now ??

 

[dadsgirl]

thanks for replying,
i read the instructions and it said the humidity needed to be 50% at the beginning, without any water i can only get to 28% - if i add some water i have got up to 33%, i am like u if it is dry incubation it seems there would be no water at the beginning, but in the article on day 18 you add water to get it up to 75%.

would you tell me how you do your incubation, and how your hatch rate is , maybe i should dry a different way.

thanks so much for your help

 

[magikchick]

I add just a little water and keep it around 25-35%. After day 18 I try to keep it at 40-50%. Once the hatching starts I bump it up to 60-70%. Seems to work pretty good.

 

[MissPrissy]

Put a humidifier in the room with the bator. Also put a clean wet sponge inside the bator to increase the water surface area. That should work.

 

[swtangel321]

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For dry incubation you dont want the hum 50%..... Have you read this info? https://www.backyardchickens.com/LC-DryIncubation.htm

I "dry incubate" and keep my hum right around 35% day 1-18 (its ok if you have to add a little water to get it up in to the 30's) Just remember to add a little water at a time and give it time to go up before adding more !! Your goal should be 30%-40%

On day 18 I add more water to up my hum to 60%-65% - depending on the weather I somtimes have to put a few wet (new) sponges in there also !! IMO, 75% seems high to me !!

Where did you read the info on dry incubation ???

Also like MP said.... If you put a humidifier in the room that might raise the hum without having to add water, But again it's ok to add a little water for dry incubation !!

 

[dadsgirl]

thanks so much for the information i am going to try it your way and see what happens, do you keep your vent plugs out until day 18?
and does your temp run lower in the am?
i seem to have problems with that also.
and i also read for no air incub to keep temp at 101 . is this correct or incorrect??

thanks so much for your help.

 

[swtangel321]

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What type of bator do you have ?? Im guessing a LG ??

Day 1-18 I keep 1 plug out and then on day 18 when I up the hum I take the other plug out

Still air 101-102 I find if I keep my temp at 101.5 ish it wont drop below 100 during the night. The best thing is to have the bator in a room where the temp stays the same !!