Incubating Eggs In Winter?

[AustralorpsAU]

Hi everybody,

I am new to this site. I actually live in the southwest of Australia. I want to hatch some Australorp eggs as i already have some but i don't think i can in Winter. When i try the incubator without any water, the reading is still 65% humidity so i don't think it will work unless there is someway i can reduce humidity?

Looking forward to hearing from everyone.

*Here are my chooks. 2 Australorps and 1 Ancona

 

[1muttsfan]

Are you sure your hygrometer is accurate? If you have not calibrated it yet you might double check it.

Pretty birds

 

[AustralorpsAU]

Are you sure your hygrometer is accurate? If you have not calibrated it yet you might double check it.

Pretty birds

No i have not tried calibrating it. I shall give it a go @1muttsfan It has rained a lot down here. And thanks. I really love my birds!

 

[1muttsfan]

Hopefully it's glitchy

 

[RubyNala97]

Yes, I would get a separate hygrometer and calibrate it. Find out exactly what your humidity is inside the incubator without adding any water. If it truly is high there are a couple things you can do to try to bring humidity down.
Calibrating instructions:
http://www.stevejenkins.com/blog/20...grometer-humidity-sensor-using-the-salt-test/