She said/He said Who's right? Who's wrong? No one!

[RyanDidIt]

Thanks we are super excited about it.... it put us up to 50 chick/juvies with about 25-30 adults....

 

[chicapee]

me too!  Happy hatching!

Me 3. Have great hatches .

 

[sjturner79]

KC and her bubs plus some of diamonds, while diamond a waiting for the last one to zip.

 

[Pipe Dreaming]

So cute! My sister called me yesterday saying she thinks one of her hens is broody. She was so excited, had me bring over a few eggs. This hen has plucked her whole breast clean..she's broody alright. Now to see if she stays the course.
I candled last night, no fertility issues! Veins in all that weren't too dark to see

 

[AmyLynn2374]

I have a metal pan approx 8 inches × 12 inches in my cabinet hatcher I fill, puts humidity right up to 65%, rock solid... I put one of those teeny, tiny little sour cream tubs of water in my Reptibator and it shoots right up to 75-80%, and condensation like crazy...

I feel sorry for the OP though...

I did too. I walked away. It was hard to do, but I'm just going to loose it if I deal with his/her stupidity any longer.

well it was a very heated discussion . there is some truth to what he is saying . while what Amy says is true what JC says is also true with a couple of flaws . Amy's point that it takes more or less moisture for a larger or smaller space is true . but humidity will still be the same and measured the same . moisture saturation of the air will be the same . regardless of the volume. now that being said . BTUs is not the measurement of heated air in a space . it is the measurement of movement of heated air that it takes to heat the space .temperature is the heat measurement . BTUs come into play when the heat in the air leaves the air and heats the egg . but I know nothing about everything and everything about nothing so I wouldn't give what I just said a second thought

I just had to talk about something and AMY YOU ROCK .

Eggs loose moisture according to how much moisture is in the air around them. While 50% humdity is 50% humidity inside a closed environment 50% does not mean you have the same amount of moisture in the air. That number is saying that the air inside that environment is holding 50% of the moisture it can hold. So if you have a bigger environment with more air, to make that humidity 50% you are going to have to put moisture in the environment to reach that goal. My point is, in a smaller bator you are going to need less moisture, less amount of moisture in the air to have the same effects that you will in a bigger bator. If you are running 50% in a bigger bator you have more moisture. You don't need that much moisture in a smaller bator therefor you don't need 50%. In a smaller bator that would put too much moisture in the air and prevent the eggs from loosing the moisture. My argument was that while 50% is 50%, the effects on a smaller space would be different. And whether one understands the logic behind either of our arguments you can't disregard the fact that the smaller bators, especially the styrofoam bators on average, do better with a lower humidity.

The OP contacted me via PM and I answered before I saw the thread, so all is good.

Thank you. I knew you could help her.

Oh btw...I have a PIP!!!

Yay!

So cute! My sister called me yesterday saying she thinks one of her hens is broody. She was so excited, had me bring over a few eggs. This hen has plucked her whole breast clean..she's broody alright. Now to see if she stays the course.
I candled last night, no fertility issues! Veins in all that weren't too dark to see

 

[rossfam06]

me too!  Happy hatching!

Yay!!!! Good luck!!

 

[scflock]

Yup, I pulled a you know who and wigged out on someone. Someone other than SC

, so if I get a mod slap we'll know why. Hey, if she can do it I can too right??? Augh. Why do people have to make things personal?

No hints? It's much easier for us to get along now that the bar is open

Locked down 20 AMs last night

 

[AmyLynn2374]

No hints? It's much easier for us to get along now that the bar is open

Locked down 20 AMs last night

Good luck!

 

[scflock]

Nope... over on here...

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/1086169/help-1st-time-hatching-turkey-eggs

 

[scflock]

Good luck!

Gotta admit, that was a fun read