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75% is way to high....Especially when they start hatching and the chicks are drying it bumps it up even higher. I keep mine at about 50% from beginning to end.
Is your hygrometer calibrated? Do you have humidity where you live? I am in Florida and never add water to my bator....
The bolded part of your post is how the egg is supposed to look when they are hatching.
ok so i just need to wait then. i just got concerned when the 4 died and looked normal.
how do i get the humidity down now?
the vents are open and there is some water in the bottom trays but not all are full just a small amount in all of them. i am in PA and its raining all day. my humidity is about 50% on my gauge outside the bator in the room where they are.
I am not sure if there's anything you can do about your humidity now. Because you are humid already you probably didnt need so much water. I am in FL and I set mine up as instructed and humidity jumped to like 70%. I had to dump all water out and just use a small square section of paper towel soaked with warm water. It brought me to 30-35%. The depth of the water doesn't matter. Humidity is determined by your surface area. I wonder if you stuck some DRY paper towels into you air holes if that would absorb some of your humidity inside. I know it continues to rise as more hatch. Try that! Can't hurt.
Sending some good jUjU your way!
75% is way to high....Especially when they start hatching and the chicks are drying it bumps it up even higher. I keep mine at about 50% from beginning to end.
Is your hygrometer calibrated? Do you have humidity where you live? I am in Florida and never add water to my bator....
The bolded part of your post is how the egg is supposed to look when they are hatching.
ok so i just need to wait then. i just got concerned when the 4 died and looked normal.
how do i get the humidity down now?
the vents are open and there is some water in the bottom trays but not all are full just a small amount in all of them. i am in PA and its raining all day. my humidity is about 50% on my gauge outside the bator in the room where they are.
I am not sure if there's anything you can do about your humidity now. Because you are humid already you probably didnt need so much water. I am in FL and I set mine up as instructed and humidity jumped to like 70%. I had to dump all water out and just use a small square section of paper towel soaked with warm water. It brought me to 30-35%. The depth of the water doesn't matter. Humidity is determined by your surface area. I wonder if you stuck some DRY paper towels into you air holes if that would absorb some of your humidity inside. I know it continues to rise as more hatch. Try that! Can't hurt.
Sending some good jUjU your way!
