Humidity

[Heather J]

I know I have major trouble keeping my humidity up in my LG. I haven't tried in the new HB that arrived today (yeah!), but without water in the bottom of my LG I was down in the teens, pretty much all summer. Getting up above 60% takes a mighty effort. I moved some eggs that my muscovy gave up on into my LG last night a bit earlier than I planned on (they were chicken eggs, not duck), and didn't get the temps regulated properly before bed, apparently, as I cooked them good by morning. *sigh* Good thing they were mutt eggs from my own chickens and not something I paid for. They all were really full of baby chick. I'm leaving them in the bator a few days longer anyway. We'll see if i can push the humidity where it belongs. New eggs arriving in the mail for my new bator tomorrow! (which *is* plugged in, regulating temps after all).

 

[erin0415]

I don't have any problems keeping humidity up. I cut up a dense sponge into 3 pieces and just added until I got the humidity up. I am still running the A/C to keep the room at a stable temp, otherwise it would get too hot during the day (the temp outside is still running high 80's) but I am sure if I had to use the heater it would suck the moisture right from the air. It's my temp that I have had issues with. I thought I was keeping the temp at 99.5-100, but now think the accuracy of my thermometer not too great.

 

[shelleyd2008]

Quote:
I, too, have the LG 9200 still air, and I can get mine up to 65%, but it won't stay there. Usually around 55-58% is as high as it will go, but I still have almost 90% hatch rate...

 

[steffpeck]

You will want to get your humidity down. If your humidity is to high for the first 18 days, it can cause your chicks to grow to large, and then they have a difficult time hatching.