Rcom Suro humidity question

[Greenwood Chick]

Well, I have set the first batch of eggs in my new Rcom King Suro. I set it up and ran it for a day before putting the eggs in. It was maintaining temp consistently at 37.6 and humidity 41-43%. So, I set the eggs. That was Friday night.

Since then the humidity has slowly gone up. Starting Sunday I've had not a drop of water in the bator and the humidity still hovers anywhere from 49-54%. The temp is really stable at 37.6. I've double and triple checked that the humidity and temp are accurate with other hygrometers and the bator is right on.

We are in the middle of a heat wave here and it is unusually hot and humid. The room's temp that the incubator is in is around 89 degrees and is anywhere from 55-65% humidity. So it seems that the bator is doing a good job of trying to keep the humidity down (it's typically 10% less than the room) - the outside humidity is just so high.

Sooooo, is it too humid for the chicken eggs? Is there anything I should be doing differently to get the humidity down? I am new to hatching - obviously! Any help/advice is greatly appreciated!

Thanks all,
-Greenwood Chick

 

[SpunkyTheMonkey]

a lot of people here are into "dry incubating" (not actually dry but much lower humidity) which generally gives better results in foam bators but i'm genuinely not sure about other types of bator.

if you were dry incubating you'd be shooting for 30-35% right now over 40% considered too high.

if you don't have a less humid place in the house to put the bator then i don't think there's much you can do short of getting a dehumidifier to get the humidity around the bator down (do you have air-con?? some have a dehumidifier mode on them).

 

[Greenwood Chick]

We don't have air conditioning. It's usually not this hot/humid here in WA state. Is A/C the only way to get the humidity down? Is there a trick to try with this machine? Sorry for all the newbie questions!

 

[SpunkyTheMonkey]

a dehumidifier or an a/c which has a dehumidifier mode are the only ways i know of, if there's another way, i'd love to know too.

 

[chrisarvor]

I have just seen this topic and somebody i spoke to somebody who puts Silica gel sachets in the incubator
these are the little white backs found in shoe boxes or other things to keep the damp out
They dry them first in an oven for a couple of minute each time they use them.