Humidty Help please!

[ginbart]

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Boy I wish we could control the humidity outside. I would have loved that is summer.

 

[Katy]

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Boy I wish we could control the humidity outside. I would have loved that is summer.

You and me both!

 

[chickbird]

check the humidity in the room or area where you have the incubator, you may not need to add water until the last 3-4 days.

 

[mooSa]

hmm ok well on the 6th day I went and dropped the humidty from 62 to 45%. Its not too late is it? and should i go lower than that?

 

[Cherlyn]

45% is good and I think you will be fine.

~Cherlyn

 

[McCord6]

(from what I was told by neighbor) If you live in Florida, that should be right for humidity level. It's almost impossible (but not impossible) to get a lower humidity reading. I was freaking out that I couldn't get mine lowered but then a neighbor said that it's a good reading for living in a high humidity place. If the mama hen was born and raised in FLorida, you would want to stick with a high humidity reading.

Anywhere else, I don't know.

 

[Katy]

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Time will tell if that's enough or not. Where I live I've found that right around 30% gives me the best hatches. It's something that to some degree each person has to figure out over several hatches.

 

[Grillo]

mooSa,

This is my humble advice. You need to candle those eggs and check the air cell. That will tell you how they are coming along and you can adjust off that.

Take a look at this and evaluate according to it:

If the air cell is too small then drop the humidity to 30%. Candle eggs every 5 days till you are satisfied and then set to 40% That's what I would do.

 

[Cherlyn]

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Excellent; I filed this away for definite future reference!

~Cherlyn

 

[Grillo]

Sorry, it seems you're over the 17th day so really there's nothing you can do at this point. Set humidity to 60% for the hatch. I little on the dry side but I think that'll be better or your particular situation.