Humidity to low.

[DanielE1990]

Hello fellow crazy chicken people.

So I am not sure if the monitor is just not working correctly or if there is a problem. I am starting day 2 of incubation in a homemade incubator.
It's simply just a styrofoam cooler with a few ventilation holes at the top and bottom and a 25 watt light that is set with a dimmer switch to get the right temperature range.
I have a little temperature fluctuation I think due to it being a still air incubator.
I have the eggs on a rack I built inside the cooler approximately 3 inch off the bottom. The eggs are in cartons (cardboard with no top) that I drilled the bottom out of so that that there is some ventilation around the egg. Under the platform I have Tupperware containers filled with water.
At first I just had one approximately 50% the size of the bottom but when humidity was not coming up so I added two more smaller containers to completely fill the bottom have the cooler. But for some reason my humidity will not go over 28-29%
I do not know if it is reading the humidity correctly or not. As for temperature I also have a normal glass alcohol thermometer that I have been able to compare Temperature with. I do not have another hydrometer though.
I did not want to lift the lid again right now on the incubator so I just took a picture through one of the ventilation holes.

Let me know your thoughts.

 

[casportpony]

Have you calibrated you sensor?

 

[DanielE1990]

Not sure how to with this one. I'll look at those videos though! Hopefully I can calculate it assuming that's the issue.

 

[Tonyroo]

Have the water container near your heat source, if humidity doesn't kick it up higher to where you want it. Place a sponge in the water container part of it stick out so the air can wick the moisture off the sponge.

 

[DanielE1990]

Doing some better but still working on it. Never had this much issue with humidity before.