Humidity question

[JeremyKSullivan]

Hello, I'm getting ready to hatch my first batch of eggs. The last piece to the puzzle is controlling humidity. As you can see from the pic, I have a large yogurt container full of water inside my incubator. The humidity is only staying at 26%. What should I do to increase and maintain a proper level?

 

[tec27]

I could never figure out the humidity thing. And i didnt want to pay for a really expensive hygrometer. So i started using the dry hatch method or something similar. I dont even bother with humidity until day 15-18 then ill add a little bowl of water with a sponge to increase surface area. If there is water in the incubator then the humidity will for sure rise. If you're really worried increase the surface area of water not how much water is in there.

 

[gimmie birdies]

yup that is me too-
my bowl is not for water it is for safety, 15 w, 8''x9'' box with lid and air holes. I just locked down and just now only put in a peanut butter lid of water, and now I wondered if I should have waited until internal pip.

 

[gimmie birdies]

these hatched out in feb 20, 13

 

[JeremyKSullivan]

Nice! Hopefully I'll have similar success! Thanks!