I have an Arcom 20 and I set the humidity to max, which is 70%. I also have a second hydrometer/thermometer. It was humid enough that I could see condensation on the lid. Problem is, both meters read the same in the 45-50% range, but when I set to 70% the Arcom display never goes above 65% and the internal one reads 85%, so not sure where it was.
Wetting the membrane was the first thing I did and I kept it as wet as possible, plus I filled the the space around it's body with saline and kept it sitting upright like this:
I have candled the remaining eggs, and I'm afraid I'm going to lose them as the one that had pipped internally yesterday died. Upon inspection it hadn't fully absorbed it's yolk.
I set it back down to 45% because #2 finally absorbed it's yolk. Not sure what to do about the remaining eggs as they seem like they haven't lost enough weight yet. In hindsight I should have weighed all of them and adjusted my humidity based on that. I'm sure you've all heard this before, but I have no problems with chicken chicks, lol... peafowl and now ducklings, that's another story.
Here they are:
I will give both a drop of the poultry vitamins that I have unless you think polyvisol is better, but I'd have to go get that later today. Once the second one has fluffed up I will move them both to a more appropriate brooder.
Any suggestions about what to do with the remaining eggs would be appreciated!
-Kathy
