Humidity question...Hovabator Genesis.

[littlebanty]

I have duck eggs due this Saturday Apr 12th to hatch. I have the Genesis and it has the trrays under the mesh. Ive been reading that the humidity needs to be raised during the last few days of incubation. I have been keeping only the one tray section filled that the directions tell me. Do I need to fill all of them to raise the humidity or should I just keep the one filled?

 

[Poison Ivy]

I have to fill both channels and the little channel on the side to get mine to read 70%. So you should fill both and take a reading to see if you need to up the humidity more after that.

 

[twigg]

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Fill both for the last few days .... keep an eye on the readings.

You might want to look here:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=44622

 

[Wildsky]

Get a syringe and a drinking straw, I had to add a little every day to keep mine up..... the straw went through the vent hole and I pumped water down into the trays with the syringe...

To get to the side trays - I had to tape a couple of straws together, those bendy straws...

 

[littlebanty]

Well guys! I have pips, knocking on the eggs, and 1 duckling has started to peirce the shell!