- Jul 21, 2015
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I have not had a great duck year.
My ancient incubator killed a whole batch by malfunctioning.
Then I had two really good batches, and now I have 36 eggs in my farm innovator and it has been raining and horrifically humid for 2 weeks. I moved that incubator upstairs to my bedroom, where I thought it would be less humid, and it was and I got it from 70 down to the 40s.
Today is day 21 and I canceled them and these eggs only show evaporation that looks like about 10 days. YIKES.
So I drug the old dehumidifier up to the bedroom took the plugs out of the incubator and sat the dehumidifier next to it.
We are now down to the 30s.
What else can I do to speed evaporation so they don't drown? I've honestly even thought about putting rice in the bottom where the water should go to see if that does anything. That's probably crazy though right?
This year has been a comedy of errors. And none of them are funny.
My ancient incubator killed a whole batch by malfunctioning.
Then I had two really good batches, and now I have 36 eggs in my farm innovator and it has been raining and horrifically humid for 2 weeks. I moved that incubator upstairs to my bedroom, where I thought it would be less humid, and it was and I got it from 70 down to the 40s.
Today is day 21 and I canceled them and these eggs only show evaporation that looks like about 10 days. YIKES.
So I drug the old dehumidifier up to the bedroom took the plugs out of the incubator and sat the dehumidifier next to it.
We are now down to the 30s.
What else can I do to speed evaporation so they don't drown? I've honestly even thought about putting rice in the bottom where the water should go to see if that does anything. That's probably crazy though right?
This year has been a comedy of errors. And none of them are funny.