Incubators Anonymous

[Madere44]

I have a question.
I have a still air incubator. The first of the 4 pipped last night. Sometime before 8pm.

I have a cup with a wet sponge in there, water wells filled & a wet rag. All this with the two red caps in I can get the humidity to almost 70.
My question is I read places where the cap should be pulled for ventilation. But when I pull one the humidity drops to 50.
What do I do?

Also the ducking pipped and hasn't done anything since. When should I assist?

 

[ki4got]

I have a question.
I have a still air incubator. The first of the 4 pipped last night. Sometime before 8pm.

I have a cup with a wet sponge in there, water wells filled & a wet rag. All this with the two red caps in I can get the humidity to almost 70.
My question is I read places where the cap should be pulled for ventilation. But when I pull one the humidity drops to 50.
What do I do?

Also the ducking pipped and hasn't done anything since. When should I assist?

pull the plugs! they need air to breathe and with plugs in there's not enough for all the chicks/eggs... the humidity will recover on its own as chicks hatch and start to dry out it'll go back up.

 

[Zootopia]

pull the plugs!  they need air to breathe and with plugs in there's not enough for all the chicks/eggs...  the humidity will recover on its own as chicks hatch and start to dry out it'll go back up.

X 10 !!!

 

[Tammy N]

Also I was told lower the temp to 99.8 and raise the humidity Over 70 it worked like a charm , Please pull the plugs so far 25 out

 

[Madere44]

Pulled both plugs.
Humidity is at 60 so far.
He's still in the same pip stage, it's been 14 hours.

 

[sweetsilence83]

Hi I am hatching ducklings as well, what do you do if your incubator doesn't have plugs and your eggs start hatching? I could remove one of the windows but I think that would let most of the heat and moisture out?

 

[Tammy N]

Hi I am hatching ducklings as well, what do you do if your incubator doesn't have plugs and your eggs start hatching? I could remove one of the windows but I think that would let most of the heat and moisture out?

No plugs ? can youy take a photo ?

 

[ozexpat]

Hi I am hatching ducklings as well, what do you do if your incubator doesn't have plugs and your eggs start hatching? I could remove one of the windows but I think that would let most of the heat and moisture out?

is it home made?

if so, thats one of the reasons god invented drills - you have to have fresh air during hatching phase

 

[Zootopia]

is it home made?

if so, thats one of the reasons god invented drills - you have to have fresh air during hatching phase

So right Oz. couple of holes near the bottom to draw the fresh air in, couple near the top to let stale air out.

 

[Hangtown Farms]

Hy my name is Jason from Norcal and I am a hatchaholic
I presently am cooking crele penedesenca and white empordanesa. I have my friend Debsflock cooking the extras