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[HeatherKellyB]

Maybe a lightly damp paper towel over the eggs until then would work to maintain humidity for the eggs?

I wouldn't do that. What does your unit say the humidity is? A separate hydrometer is a wonderful thing to add too. You might want to pick one up at the store tomorrow and then "salt test" it to make sure it's accurate. What did you keep the humidity at with your last clutch? Anytime I need to raise the humidity, I like to use a kitchen sponge in a small shallow dish and add water to the sponge as needed.

 

[silkiemother]

Humidity was set at 85 but apparently it wasn’t actually that. So looks like I got some testing and messing around to do after I see if any of the eggs are fertiel

 

[HeatherKellyB]

Humidity was set at 85 but apparently it wasn’t actually that. So looks like I got some testing and messing around to do after I see if any of the eggs are fertiel

85% for lock down or for the entire incubation period? I'm in NC so things are different for me but that seems high, even for lock down. Are you cooling the eggs or misting them?

 

[silkiemother]

I mist them since I’m actually trying out a different kind of incubator as an FFA project

 

[silkiemother]

And for some reason google is telling me 85 for humidity

 

[silkiemother]

I have an open air incubator instead of the modern ones so I can study every stage of the developmental process without disturbing the eggs and they still hatch.

 

[HeatherKellyB]

OK. Did you end up with 3 healthy ducklings from this hatch? I know you lost two of them unfortunately.

 

[silkiemother]

Only two made it out of four to the final stages and I lost both sadly, I know I can hatch them out successfully this way it’s just the matter of genetics

 

[HeatherKellyB]

I'd love to keep up with this hatch. Are you documenting it anywhere here on BYC's?