My Temperature dropped down to 90 after adding eggs!

[chickierookie]

Is this ok? I read somewhere that the temperature will drop immediately. Which it did. Should I adjust the thermostat? or will that cook the eggs. And my humidity is super high even when theres no water in there... how do i lower it?? The temperature is going up though. and my humidity right now is 59%, is that ok for now??

 

[ChickenRaiser95]

Its ok, eggs can be at lowest 80 degrees for a half an hour until it kills the embryo, as for the humidity its a little on the low side it should be around 65%.

 

[mlmills79]

Sounds about right for now. My temp always drops when I add eggs, I just leave the thermostat alone. It eventually warms the eggs to the temperature that the incubator was before they were added.

 

[chickierookie]

ok thanks!! the humidity was starting to form condensation so i took the water out, but it looks like my incubator's humidity is going up even without the water. And its only been 90 degrees for about 15-20 minutes. but now, its going up. I think its because the eggs were a lot colder than the temperature inside the incubator. Its up at 97 right now and the humidity is 65%. Thanks for the great advice. Its nice to know about that 80 degree thingy.

 

[chickierookie]

Thank you! I was sooo worried. This is my second try. I was worried for a second that i've already killed the eggs. Thanks for the info. The temperature is going up after about an hour.