Is it Possible to have " too much" Humidity? (INCUBATION)

[Lazy Farmer]

So far.. 3 chicks form the incubator and 1 chick from the Broody Hen. All kicking like a mule!
Moma sow has her nest built. Her breathing is not laborer that much. She is in the nest though. I hope she delivers at night because we have an extreme heat index right now.
I pulled the chicks out of the bator. They think they are soccer stars. I don't want them to flip over the other peepers and drown them. Gunna grab the broody hen chick in a minute. She pecks hard!
More pics soon!
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Well, I am beat. Still doing all the chores outside but came back in to check the progress.
10 total in the brooder.
2 from the broody hen (alive)
A few more peeping and chirping.
HUMIDITY DROPPED BIG TIME. SO I ADDED 2 STEAMING WASHCLOTHS WITH HOT TAP H2O.
View media item 7893681View media item 7893682View media item 7893683AUX HUMIDITY METER IS WORTH THE INVESTMENT!

 

[ChcknNurse]

Little Giant Styrofoam Incubators is the reference.

Oh My, I had a LG for all of 2 weeks-- it went nuts and the digital display read 100ish, backups were 112 & 114. A week later, blood rings. So, I certainly get that.

 

[ChcknNurse]

Well, I am beat. Still doing all the chores outside but came back in to check the progress.
10 total in the brooder.
2 from the broody hen (alive)
A few more peeping and chirping.
HUMIDITY DROPPED BIG TIME. SO I ADDED 2 STEAMING WASHCLOTHS WITH HOT TAP H2O.
View media item 7893681View media item 7893682View media item 7893683AUX HUMIDITY METER IS WORTH THE INVESTMENT!

Connie what are the last chicks? And what is the sux humidity meter. I bought one that connects to my phone and was rated well. I'm going to start it this week.
So adorable!!!

 

[Lazy Farmer]

I am a babysitter with the factory meters. Adding & subtraction of moisture telling me it is the whole system. Not just the meters. If you place paper over to cover the windows to keep them from being rambunctious, the temp and humidity spikes from desirable settings. Insulation is inferior now now that I am dissecting the problems.
Right now with the bator yield at 15 out of ?. Too tired to give an accredit number. Just pleased no drowned chicks from too much moisture from faulty meters.
Broody chick will be checked in a minute or so.
Too old for this stuff. Wish i was fortyish.. But a much more positive result.

 

[Lazy Farmer]

Rescued two lazy Chickie's. Tiny but they absorbed all the blood and nutrients. Isolated from the strong flock. Sow going to drop soon. She is ready but am I?
Hubby tag team adventure.
HUMIDITY READS 26% ON THE LG LCD GAUGE. 72% ON MY AUX HYDROMETER. HMMMM...

 

[Lazy Farmer]

UP DATE: 7/6/17 9:33 AM
ANOTHER HATCH DAY, TODAY IN DIFFERENT INCUBATOR.
I HAVE 3 LG's. All in operation. Staggered start dates of about 10 days give or take.
TODAY IS HATCH DAY with a different bator than the last hatch which was the premise of this thread.
The lcd display on all of them are all a guide line setting. They will ball park the settings. It is up to me to tweak the desired settings by means of more accurate measurement of heat and moisture.
I have the temp set to 102.5° F on the factory meter and 2 calibrated aux thermometers both read 99.5° at egg level.
Here is the puzzlingly part to me..
The Relative Humidity level read last night on day 20.. 26% on the factory and 75% on my aux Hydrometer, so I thought I was out of the woods.
This morning I have about 17 peepers out of 39 candled eggs, pecking away. Now my Humidity jumped thru the roof. I am at 90%!!!
Last night I drained 2 journals and 1 was already empty from the cheep Styrofoam housing, in an effort to not have a trash bag full of drown chicks like the previous batch.
The room temp is at 78° F. The room Humidity is at 57%.
I have both air vent plugs removed and the windows are so wet it is raining in the bator again!
Desperate to avoid a catastrophic event again, I reached in with a paper towel and dried the windows to keep the drip from falling on my peepers so they don't steam bath.
Our hatch rates were better than 80% before our current rain season started. It rains here every day. I stopped checking my rain gauge a week ago because it is always full. I need a rain gauge that measures feet not inches!

I returned the humidity back down to 75% by wiping out as much condensation as I could without letting out too much heat.
I will update this thread in a bit. Hopefully with positive results.
BTW.. My Berkshire Sow is in labor! Hatch day and baby Berk day!
I'll be back in a little while!
Thanks for reading and contributing!
Back to the peeper factory!
F.C.
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Update: Humidity Correction.
Day 22. Hatch still going on..
Seem to have the problem at bay or I got very lucky.
Humidity is not thru the roof anymore.
View media item 7893695Started with 35 candled eggs in the LG Incubator, 20 are kicking around in the toasty brooder (2 from broody hen) several are unzipped and ready to stretch out for the first time.
3 got knocked upside down by soccer players, they drowned I suppose.
View media item 7893694Nothing worth reporting from the Broody Hen although I will keep checking. She is 4 out of 9 but she crushed 2. Bummer town.. Population.. Me.
Berkshire Sow delivered last night. I will post a couple pics in a little bit.
I am exhausted. Very little sleep but I am pleased.
The new baby roosters are trying to crow in the barn!
It's so cute! Stuff like that are keeping me going.
10 days until my next hatch. I have been monitoring the Humidity like a hawk! Ignoring the factory meters of course!
I'll be back in a little bit.
FC

 

[Lazy Farmer]

You run still air at 99.5 and have on time hatches?

Yes. Consistently.
Sorry about the delay response to the question.

 

[Lazy Farmer]

Our problem resulted from trusting the inferior hydrometer built into the hobby bator. We have bought 3 aux meters, one for each lg. All Bator's meters are highly inaccurate. Worthless. To say the least.

"Little Giant 9200"

 

[Lazy Farmer]

If you aren't sure you can always trace the air cells and take a pic and get opinions from others. I trace mine 7/14/18 to monitor the growth.

That is a great idea!

 

[Lazy Farmer]

Are they the digital Little Giants?

Yes.
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