Need some hatching help! ASAP

[Jennn27]

aww!!! what breed?

RIR. I reallllyyyy hope she's a hen! I want to keep it! And Chief won't tolerate another roo. lol

 

[Poultry parent]

i hope she's a hen too!
how did you monitor the humidity in the basket?

 

[Jennn27]

i hope she's a hen too!
how did you monitor the humidity in the basket?

I didn't. I mean, there's was just no way I could. I didn't have anything set up for it. I had no plans to even do this, but my broody hen gave up on sitting. So, I just got together the stuff I had on hand, and let it sit for a week....and just hoped that it would be ok! But, today, I kept a wet paper towel under the egg and a wet wash cloth in there kinda wrapped partially around it. Plus I had my bathroom door closed with a tub full of water to keep the humidity up so it wouldn't get shrink-wrapped in the egg.

 

[Poultry parent]

ahh ok sometimes i want to try incubating my own eggs withought an incubator (i don't want to get one if at all possible)