Setting eggs tonight and having a lot of trouble with humidity.

[FarmerVal]

Thanks for the advice! I did not even think of that when I bought my other, but it totally makes sense!

 

[jvls1942]

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just because you took the water out doesn't mean that the reservoirs are completely dry yet..

and having just a little water in compared to having a lot of water in does not mean the hum% shoud be lower.. You have to consider the surface of the water exposed..

as a mater of fact, just having a dry looking reservoir with wet interior could make the hum% even higher than a full reservoir...

 

[FarmerVal]

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just because you took the water out doesn't mean that the reservoirs are completely dry yet..

and having just a little water in compared to having a lot of water in does not mean the hum% shoud be lower.. You have to consider the surface of the water exposed..

as a mater of fact, just having a dry looking reservoir with wet interior could make the hum% even higher than a full reservoir...

After I dumped the water out I took a washcloth and soaked a lot of the left over drops out. I'm sure I left some water, but hardly any. The humidity reading after taking the water out was lower, not higher. But it was still reading higher than I think it should have been... I really think it's my hydrometers. I refilled it with just a tiiiiny bit of water and now I'm getting a reading of 55% with one and about 67% with the other... Hopefully I'll have better luck this evening with the Petco one.

My incubator isn't in a place where there should be extra humidity. And I live in Tennessee, which I don't think has too high of humidity-- especially not this time of year.