Humidity!?!?

[TheFreundFlock]

OK! So now I am REALLY LOST!

I have been doing everything the site says to do for the last 20 days. I have my humidity at 80% as the learning center said to have it between 70 -80 % , but NOW I am being told to have it at 65- 70%!

SO EVERYONE Please help! This is my first ever hatch! What do you have your humidity at?
If it is to high how do I let it out?

This is a pic of my home made bator so you know what I am working with! Got the plans on here!

THANK YOU!!!!

 

[Mahonri]

Folks in humid climates do dry incubation.

Here's how I do it in DRY Arizona.

Day 1-18, 45-55%

Day 18-21, 60-65%

Do you have a vent plug you can open?

 

[TheFreundFlock]

I live by Houston, Texas! We are humid year round! I never heard of a dry incubation.
I do have two vents, should I open one of them? Can you explain the neg.s of having a high humidity? I am learning. My eggs are due to hatch July 7/8 is their something I need to do to help them?

What I did was 50% 1-18 and then cranked it up to 70-80%! Thanks!

 

[austinhart123]

your humidity should be 45-55% day 1- 18 and 65-75% during hatching (days 18-21) and temps should be 101 degres F in a still air, and 99.5 degres F in force air incubtors, good luck

 

[Katy]

Everyone has to figure out what works best in their climate. I run mine about 30% the first 18 days and then bump it up to 60-65% for the hatch. That is what I have found works best for me and gives me good hatches.

The negative of having high humidity is the air cell doesn't become big enough during incubation and the chicks will drown when they try and hatch.

In the picture your temp reads 81.3........I hope you had just had the lid open because that is way too low for the temp.

 

[TheFreundFlock]

That was a pic of it when I just finished building it and was warming it up and getting the temp just right.

My humidity has been 45-50% and 96.9 -100 the first 28 days! The temp is still the same just I bumped my humidity up, from what I am reading way to high.

I opened a vent last night it is now down to 75%. I just hope I did not kill them!

The air cell was perfect on day 18 when I candled them! Not to big, even all the way around! Now I am really worried and a little upset!

SERIOUSLY! Go look in the learning center under incubating egg it said to have the humidity 70 -80 %!!! As a new egg I was counting on that information to be right!

 

[FaithAnn]

I feel your pain! I am new to this and with every question I get different answers. I think the different answers come from a lot of different variables - each incubator performs just a little differently and needs just a little different settings. I am on day 20 and have the humidity in my incubator at 70% -- here's hoping.

Good luck on your hatch and sending good hatching vibes your way....

 

[TheFreundFlock]

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Tell me what your eggs are doing? I am a little lost on when to count, but 21 days ago I put my egg in the bator that evening! So I see a few eggs shaking, but that is it.