Lockdown Humidity Help Needed

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Thank you Amy! It's reassuring, except it makes me worried if the thermometer is out too. I wish I'd known about calibrating BEFORE I started incubating!
 
PolentaDragon said:
Thank you Amy! It's reassuring, except it makes me worried if the thermometer is out too. I wish I'd known about calibrating BEFORE I started incubating!
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Me too. My very first hatch I lost all but one because I trusted a brand new thermometer and it ended up being six degrees off. Lesson learned early on and corrected and have been having very successful hatches since. You wouldn't think that a brand new thermometer would be that off, but it was. Definitely a learning experience.
 
Well, the same, but thanks for asking. I tried to talk to the owner of the incubator and couldn't get her to understand the problem - I guess she was under the impression that the humidity is supposed to go down for lockdown. So that wasn't much help.
I keep thinking I should build a little nest with a support around it for me to lay on and hatch them myself!
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How different could my ambient temperature and humidity be from a mamma hen's? At least I'd have a great excuse to not get any other work done.
Tomorrow's day 21...maybe there'll be peeping soon and I can switch to worrying about a batch of roosters.
 
PolentaDragon said:
Well, the same, but thanks for asking. I tried to talk to the owner of the incubator and couldn't get her to understand the problem - I guess she was under the impression that the humidity is supposed to go down for lockdown. So that wasn't much help.
I keep thinking I should build a little nest with a support around it for me to lay on and hatch them myself!
tongue.png
How different could my ambient temperature and humidity be from a mamma hen's? At least I'd have a great excuse to not get any other work done.
Tomorrow's day 21...maybe there'll be peeping soon and I can switch to worrying about a batch of roosters.
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Has she ever had a successful hatch? Why would she think the humidity is supposed to be lowered?
 
AmyLynn2374 said:
Has she ever had a successful hatch? Why would she think the humidity is supposed to be lowered?
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And spent the money on a Brinsea?
I really do think you are in good shape with lockdown humidity. My only concern may be that your humidity could have been too high for the first 18 days. If for some reason they don't hatch, and have fully developed chicks inside, that could be your culprit
 
Well yes, that and the fact that the thermostat could be wrong too for all I know! It's quite stressful.

I think it may have been given to her - from what I know she hadn't actually used it yet.
 
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