stagered hatches in a cabinet incubator(Mine is a Dickie)

[JamesA]

Miss-Jane what do you run your humidity at ?

 

[miss_jayne]

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get it up higher. up to 60 at least. otherwise, the eggs will stick to the chicks. especially the last ones to hatch.

 

[JamesA]

So I should try to increase my humidity as I am running it too low at 50%? This is my first hatch with my new Dickie.I just received it two weeks ago.I put water in the pan and that keeps it at 50%.

 

[miss_jayne]

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sorry, we are posting simultaneously.

i run it at 55 - 58 first 18 days then up to 60 - 65 at least for the last days.

 

[JamesA]

The posting at the same time is my fault.I will increase my humidity.Thanks for the advice.

 

[miss_jayne]

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the humidity is increased by the surface of the water, not depth. you need to create more surface area. if you can fit another pan on the shelf, or a new sponge on a plate that would help.

 

[JamesA]

That is what I will do.There is plenty of space where the pan that came with the bator is on the top shelve.

 

[miss_jayne]

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excellent. you will just get the humidity up and then if it goes too high, adjust the vent holes on the back of the unit. just very slight adjustments.

 

[JamesA]

Sounds great! I will get it adjusted to 58%.My eggs have been at 50% for the first 8 days.Do you think they will be OK?

 

[jvls1942]

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I would bump it up at least for the actual pip and zip.. but that is just me because that is where I have had most of my difficulty with chicks and geese.. they dry to the membrane and either I rescue them or they die..

this time around I am going to run 40 - 45% hum and bump it up to 60% for chicks and as high as I can for geese..

,,jiminwisc........