Incubator humidity?

[AustinM741]

What is the humidity supposed to be for chicken eggs? Duck eggs?
Thanks

 

[XxKiki_Bantam_BreederxX]

Humidity for chicken eggs is supposed to be 50% humidity for day 1-18, then 70-80% for the last few days.

 

[SundownWaterfowl]

You can also do dry incubation, which I do. I add no water and the humidity stays around 20% or so the first 18 days. I will mist them once or twice during incubation with some incubation disinfectant. Then on day 18 I bump it up to around 65-70%.

 

[AustinM741]

Thanks.

What about ducks?

 

[SundownWaterfowl]

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I do my ducks basically the same as my chicken eggs. I just mist the eggs daily and keep humidity at hatch around 75%.

 

[vnploveschickens]

It depends on where you live, how much the relative humidity is in the room where you keep the incubator.

Everyone has a different opinion on humidity and you will decide what works best for you. Alot of people will say that 50% is too high, but that must work for xxkiki.

Do some research. There are alot of good threads in the sticky at the top of Incubating & Hatching Eggs.
I myself learned alot from the Humidity Issues thread, and found that, in my situation, 30-40% for days 1-18, then 65-70% for lockdown worked well.

Take a look, and Good Luck !!

 

[AustinM741]

Alrighty. Thanks. It's pretty humid here most of the time but it hasn't rained in like a month. I'll do some research.

 

[AustinM741]

I think im gonna keep it around 50% until day 18 then i'll bump it up.

 

[Griffin Nest]

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i tried dry incubation and the chicks didnt like it. it took them 3 days to come out because they were all stuck. did i do something wrong?

 

[cmom]

I start off at around 50% humidity. When I set the eggs for hatching I bump it up to around 70%.