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Humidity too low for lockdown?

GrassClump

Chirping
Mar 12, 2023
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Texas
Incubator: Nurture Right 360
Lockdown Day: 2

So my incubator has been struggling to keep up with the Texas weather, It's had to fight hot days, cold nights, muggy rain, and now thanks I guess to the cold snap I can't get my humidity to get up to the desired 65% and instead it's just flat lined on 63%.

2 eggs piped yesterday night and today all 4, although only 1 has made any real progress and it's 1 of the first 2 that piped last night :

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my question is is the humidity far too low for them? what can I do to add more?

Thanks for any advice, I'm extremely worried about possible shrink wrapping.
 
Humidity only slightly different shouldn't be too much of a problem. The average should be 65-75%. Too little can cause the membranes to dry out, but too much could cause the baby to drown in the thickness of the humidity. If you need to raise the humidity more, you can wet a paper towel and stick it at the bottom of the incubator along with the filled canals, as humidity is measured by surface area, not depth, so putting water in more places rather than putting more water in one place helps.
 

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