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My incubator is a still air homemade (thick styrofoam, not a purchased one) that was built by my dad. It isn't sealed the greatest but does the job. Anyways, along with a little air flow through the seals, the lid doesn't fit perfectly just sort of sits on top. Then on top of that I have many vent holes about a half an inch in diameter. 4 on the top and 3 on each side and 3 on the back. None on the front. I've got a 40 watt bulb in there and it keeps it about 101-102 with the occasional spike.
With my last batch (first time incubating) I had 10 eggs in there and 8 had pips, only one got out on it's own and just barely. The rest just made no progress, so eventually I helped them all, all were shrinkwrapped with only their beaks out of the membrane, the membrane was almost white and just completely stuck to them. Humidity was about 30-35% for the first 18 days and 65-70 the last 3.
There is no fan or humidifier outside the incubator that would cause air flow, so what the heck, is ventilation the problem?
Thanks for reading.
With my last batch (first time incubating) I had 10 eggs in there and 8 had pips, only one got out on it's own and just barely. The rest just made no progress, so eventually I helped them all, all were shrinkwrapped with only their beaks out of the membrane, the membrane was almost white and just completely stuck to them. Humidity was about 30-35% for the first 18 days and 65-70 the last 3.
There is no fan or humidifier outside the incubator that would cause air flow, so what the heck, is ventilation the problem?
Thanks for reading.
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