PLEASE HELP. .. CAN'T RAISE HUMIDITY IN INCUBATOR

[fried green eggs]

Make sure you read Hatching 101 in the Learning Center. Lots of great info and will help keep you busy while waiting for pips and new chicks.

 

[Dougs chix]

i wanna thank my wonderful byc community! I love the support and friendliness of all of you. .. thanks so much! !!

 

[fried green eggs]

Glad you joined us! I hope your hatch goes Great!

 

[lazy gardener]

Doug, I'm guessing that your hygrometer is not calibrated correctly. I wish you the best, keep us posted.

 

[Dougs chix]

How do i calibrate the hygrometer? ?

 

[WalnutHill]

It's too late to do it for this hatch if you have eggs set, but you still have time to buy or borrow a second hygrometer.

With the amount of water, sponges, and rags you say you have, your incubator should be rain-forest wet inside. That's not good for the eggs, they need to breathe so that the air cells can properly develop into the air chamber to support the chick before hatch.

 

[Dougs chix]

Your right, i pulled the hygrometer from another incubator and the humidity went up to 80%. Therefore the hygrometer that comes on the little giant incubator is very inaccurate For future, how do i calibrate my hygrometer? ?

 

[Dougs chix]

How do i calibrate the hygrometer?

 

[fried green eggs]

Depends which kind you have? Go to BYC's Learning Center, Hatching 101, below Temperature info there are several link for how to calibrate a hygrometer.