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Another great detailed article. Thanks.
I found that 1-2 TBSP water gave me only 10% humidity. Perhaps my house is very dry. I was too nervous to go that dry.
Is there a way to gently tilt your whole incubator? The eggs inside will then be turned w/o opening it.
For me the hard part was keeping the humidity up at the end. I had to keep adding water 2xs / day or it would quickly drop to 50% or lower. (Next time I'm going to add more tubing (w/ funnel) to quickly add water w/o opening it. I currently have one going to the water tray but want to add water to the sponges as well) I made my incubator so I'm always trying something different.
Well I am testing mine now, and my house humidity last night was at 48% ( at least here in the kitchen) but when I put my meter in my incubator without adding any water, it was only reading 14% left overnite. So I added about a tablespoon it is now up to 43% so I am going to have to adjust. My brinsea is so small, it only holds 9 eggs. I was also trying to figure a way of tilting it gently. I was thinking if I cut out individual egg carton pieces and somehow hold them in place I could gently tilt it by putting something under the edge of the incubator.
I tried a homemade incubator for my very first batch of eggs. It was getting to hot inside so I attached a dimmer switch. My grandson spent the nite, and I didn't notice that he was playing with the dimmer switch. Needless to say, I lost all the eggs.
It sounds like adding the tubing and funnel should do the trick. Sounds like you have got a great setup. Has any of your girls gone Broody for your daughters project yet? I think it is a very cute idea. Let me know how it goes and Good luck on your hatch.