Humidity question

[piccolini]

I have set up my incubator in preparation for some eggs. What is the humidity supposed to be? It has been running for two days with a steady temperature but the humidity has stayed about 52% with NO water in it. If I put eggs in, will the humidity go down naturally?
Thanks for the help

 

[jvls1942]

that doesn't sound right.. what is the humidity in the room ?
outside your house?

a dry incubator should be about 25%..

maybe your hygrometer is not correct ??

I have hatched eggs by running 60% straight through from beginning to hatch.. I would not recommend it , though..

it should be 40% day 1 to 18 and 60% for the end..

 

[gumbii]

that's crazy... my bator runs 16% dry... what's the temperature..? are your vents open...?

 

[jvls1942]

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no need to get nasty about it.. mods ??

 

[EmtheFishLady]

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no need to get nasty about it.. mods ??

How was that nasty? I see nothing wrong with what was said myself.

 

[Heluerto]

Wasn't nasty, just lots of questions. Interestingly, mine was about 50% to start with, i appear to have a high humid house, but did drop with the heat, I now have water in one of the trays to get it back up to around 50%, and plan to fill the second as I go into lockdown.

 

[gumbii]

LOL nasty... c'mon...







my bator runs very dry and my room is very humid because of all the reef tanks... trips me out... even my hovabator would get down to 12% when it would run dry...

 

[dominiquePL]

Please forgive me asking but what's wrong with 50% humidity?

I thought it was perfect for hatching eggs. And if the humidity in that room is quite high (in fact I think 50% is not that high at all) that's what you'll get. Just don't add any water and it'll be fine.

 

[gumbii]

yeah, but that's way to unpredictable... what if out of no where it drops with no warning...? i rather control it myself with water... if it's too high, take the water out... the key is stability... no water seems unstable to me...

 

[dominiquePL]

Well... you've just said it

if it's too high take the water out

So that's ecxactly what I'm suggesting - no water at all because the humidity is just right. Then just observe it (I don't - I check the air cells instead because that's what it's all about) and do what you have to do - add some water or take it out

To be honest I think it's much easier to control room humidity than incubator humidity.

And one more thing - you don't have to panic if you don't have the humidity at the right level all the time. As long as the air sacs are growing like they should be it's fine. If they're too small (that can happen also in very fresh eggs) - humidity needs to be lowered, if too large - add some more water. The last 2-3 days yes - that's when panicking is understandable

Please correct me if I'm wrong.