Incubating...humidity question

[Peep_Show]

After a spell of not incubating, I fired up the ol' LG (actually, it's so old it's a Miller) and threw in some eggs. I really didn't think about it until Day 7 when I went to do my candling and realized -- uh-oh -- I forgot to add any water. I live in Las Vegas. This was summer and household humidity runs bone dry. Oops! The only real difference I could see in the candling was the air cells seemed a bit large. Then I added water to be up about 30-40% for a week-ish. At lockdown I was at 70%. I had a VERY good hatch rate on shipped eggs.

I don't think humidity is all that crucial at the early stages of incubation. RELAX!

 

[thebanthams]

I am like a new mother waiting for my babies to hatch ! I too worry about the humidity.highest 68% , I cant make it more humid. But I just have to to do the best I can and hope it will be here soon ! (Dec 27th)

 

[cmom]

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68% is ok.

 

[rarely bored]

I try to keep my humidity above 25% during the first 18 days... but on my current (developing nicely) batch, I discovered the humidity was 12%

On day 9 they had lost a bit more weight than I would like, but, I've kept the humidity in the 30's and will reweigh them today or tomorrow to see if they are on track. The 7% humidity for a short period of time will not cause any long term problems.