LG humdity question

[kupi99]

I'm setting up my school's LG right now. Temps are looking pretty good for what I get in classroom (around 99. It's really hard for me to get rock solid at 99.5). Right now I have bunch of rocks and balloons filled with flour to help hold the heat during this dry run. I haven't added water to my wells yet, and the humidty is reading at 22 from the rocks in bator. I'm planning on leaving the rocks in there when I add the eggs to help hold in the heat since I'll only be hatching a few eggs.

Should I account for the humidity added by the rocks when I add water to wells? Or should I assume the humidity right now is 0 and add water accordingly?

Thanks for your help, and here's hoping my bator's temps stay steady over the weekend!

 

[mayberrygirl]

Don't count your humidity at 0. Your humidity level you see now is the natural level for the area you are at. Ours shot up to 50% today, but it rained

 

[Rammy]

I wouldnt leave those rocks in there it could mess with your humidity. I would also get a hygrometer that just reads the humidity and get a digital thermometer so you know exactly your temperature. I have found that the thermometers that come with the LG are not reliable. I had a freind have no hatches at all because the temp read 99.5 but when she got a few digital thermometers it told her the temps were around 104. I have an LG also and filled just the two outer wells for the first 18 days then the middle one also for lockdown and had a few successful hatches. The only problem I had was a few scary temp fluctuations of 104 to 108 at one time. Thankfully, I didnt kill them all with the last hatch as 9 out of 12 hatched. Good luck!!

Rammy