Newbie here and on day 20,, nervous and unsure!

[Kentuckyrain]

Thank you so much AmyLynn

 

[Kentuckyrain]

The brooder- or actually one side of the brooder should be between 95-100F and they will move in and out of the warmth as they need. If you have your humidity up toward 70+ you should be able to pull the chick out to the brooder if you wish w/o causing any problems. I remove mine as they hatch and become active with no ill effects- I keep my humidity 75+. A lone chick will chirp-loudly as long as it's alone.

Thank you so much!

Ok, so the temp on one side is 96 but the humidity is showing at 28!!!!! How do I bring up the humidity in the brooder? It was easy in the bator, just added water to the bottom tray but I have no idea how to bring it up in the brooder?

 

[AmyLynn2374]

Thank you so much!

Ok, so the temp on one side is 96 but the humidity is showing at 28!!!!! How do I bring up the humidity in the brooder? It was easy in the bator, just added water to the bottom tray but I have no idea how to bring it up in the brooder?

You don't need to worry about humidity outside the incubator. It is what it is. Humidity during incubation controls moisture loss in eggs, humidity during hatch helps provide moisture to the membranes and keep them from drying out. Once they hatch, the humidity is not controlled as it has no neccessity.

 

[AmyLynn2374]

I'm sorry if I confused you in that post. The humidity I was referring to was the humidity inside the bator.