I've been setting and hatching in a little giant styrofoam model, but this last hatch I decided to hatch in my GQF 1202 hatcher. My temp. is dead on but my humidity I can't seem to break 50% . I added an extra tray of water this morning but it hasn't changed yet, any ideas on how to get it up some, they should start pipping this evening?
humidity woes
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Sometimes the ambient RH is so low that hatchers struggle to get up to around 70% RH.
Keep adding water trays until you run out of room rmembering that it is surface area that matters.
If this fails .... get some filters for a hudidfier and stand them up in the water .... they wick brilliantly, because that is what they were designed to do, and Walmart carries them (any brand will do)
Report back when all that failed
Arrange things, if poss. so that the air flow passes directly over the water ... I think it does in your hatcher. Also, close most, but not all, of the vents.
Sometimes the ambient RH is so low that hatchers struggle to get up to around 70% RH.
Keep adding water trays until you run out of room rmembering that it is surface area that matters.
If this fails .... get some filters for a hudidfier and stand them up in the water .... they wick brilliantly, because that is what they were designed to do, and Walmart carries them (any brand will do)
Report back when all that failed
Arrange things, if poss. so that the air flow passes directly over the water ... I think it does in your hatcher. Also, close most, but not all, of the vents.
- Mar 17, 2008
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Warm water will bring the humidity up quickley
good luck
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