Question for the experts

[tberggren]

I will be trying my hand a second time starting next week.
My question is when you go to day 18 and up the humidity to say 70% what do you do if you get condensation.

I know condensation is bad because if it is on the plastic it could also be building up in the egg and drown the chick when it pips.

So should I worry more about the condensation or about keeping the humidity up to the recommended levels?

Thanks so much for your help.

Theresa

 

[speckledhen]

I up mine to between 65% and 70% and I rarely have more than a tiny amt of condensation, even slightly above 70% when they begin to hatch. If there is alot of condensation, a vent should be opened to allow some moisture to escape. My hatches are almost always very clean hatches, hardly any mess to clean up, even.