"Flower ~ After quite a few really bad hatches here, I tried the dry method. The thing I found with too high a humidity, is that the chicks get too big in the shell, then when you bump the humdidity up, (I used to go to 65% or higher), the chicks ended up drowning in the shell. The last Marans hatch I did here, I was still using the 45%, then 65%, and out of 8 eggs, all but 2 died fully formed. So, when I got the Silkie eggs, I ran it at 35% for the first 18 days, then upped it to 50% for lockdown. Best hatch I ever had!! So, that is the recipe I tried with these Marans eggs too. We'll see how many get hatched out of the 13 that made it to lockdown, things are just starting to crank up now, day 22!"I have Debbi
Sounds like a fair solution. According to the weather site the early morning humidity is in the 40s by afternoon it drops as low as 9% during the summer or about 20% is the sun is not too hot. In the evening it starts to go up. On my property there is a good amount of foliage so it might be slightly higher here. I resigned to either get a new hygrometer or recalibrate those I have and start over. But I am frustrated.
Sounds like a fair solution. According to the weather site the early morning humidity is in the 40s by afternoon it drops as low as 9% during the summer or about 20% is the sun is not too hot. In the evening it starts to go up. On my property there is a good amount of foliage so it might be slightly higher here. I resigned to either get a new hygrometer or recalibrate those I have and start over. But I am frustrated.
