post your humidity! It will help me A LOT!!!

Here is a post where many chimed in about humidity levels and the various reasons why different readings are required for different locales. More important is if your hygrometer is accurate.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=113681

 

Make sure your hygrometer is accurate and talk to old timers in your area who have been hatching for a while. They will know better what suits your area. Altitude and relative humidity are very important. I incubate at 75% humidity but wouldn't recommend that to anyone under 4000 ft above sea level.

 

https://www.backyardchickens.com/LC-DryIncubation.html

 

mine's inbetween 46 and 56% I don' worry about it too much.... haven't had any problems yet.

 

Larra,
The links to the articles already given are very thorough. Incubating is one of those things you just have to do and take careful notes along the way. From there you can make decisions about how you need to make adjustments. Some people who live in higher less humid areas use higher humidities than those in lower elevations with higher humidities.

BB

 

LAG,
Where in Georgia are you? I'm in the northern Atlanta area and last week I had what I think is a successful hatch. I kept the humidity during the 18 days of incubation between 38% and 50% - mostly at the lower end of that range. At day 18, I upped the humidity to around 65% - 68%. Of 23 eggs set for hatching, 19 hatched, about half of them a day ahead of schedule, and all healthy with no problems (except for one chick that I almost killed, but that was my fault and he has fully recovered). Hope that helps.

 

I am in South Mississippi and it is very humid here. We did ours with the "dry incubation" and kept the humidity at about 30-40% for the first 18 days and then up to about 50-60 for the last three days. We have had 7 out of 11 hatch so far. Good luck and sending some good hatching juju your way!