Spraying duck eggs changes humidity?

[edisonfarms]

Hi Everyone!

New here and first time incubator-er question for you...

I am on day 10 of incubating my Cayuga eggs. Took them out and sprayed them, gave them a few min to cool down and put them back in the incubator, now my incubator is resting at a 75%-85% humidity where it was 50%. I assume that's connected to the water actually applied to the eggs (which are now dry) but what can I do about this humidity fluctuation? What's more important spraying or the humidity level?

(I have one of those really cheap styrofoam incubators from Rural King.)

Thanks guys!

 

[Pyxis]

Usually I would suggest it might be water that rolled off the eggs and pooled on the bottom of the incubator, is that a possibility?

I usually don't spray my duck eggs and overall maintaining a good humidity is more important that the spraying. If you take them out to spray and cool and let them completely dry before putting them back in, it shouldn't affect the humidity. That's how I do my goose eggs.