Stella's Social Club

[lawatt]

i will have to try lower humidity next time! only 3 days left til day 18 now...

 

[chiqita]

The dark thick eggs do much better at lower humidity. The light colored ones do fine at both 35% and the normal 45 to 55% for the first 18 days.

I hatch all of them at 35% for the first 18 days and then 65 to 75% during hatching.

Anything that makes the shell thicker and less pourous Makes it loose moisture slower. That's why it's good to watch the air cells or weigh em.

Of course I'm telling this to you guys who already know all that lol.

 

[speckledhen]

I'm still not sure why they'd do better at lower humidity. What is the scientific explanation for that? I never incubate at 50% humidity. I just don't think the first 18 days is that important where it is as long as it's over 25% and less than 50%; mine goes between 30-40% I'd say 95% of the time the first 18 day period. In dry winter months, it's just too hard to even try to get it higher and it's not necessary anyway.

 

[lawatt]

I'm still not sure why they'd do better at lower humidity. What is the scientific explanation for that? I never incubate at 50% humidity. I just don't think the first 18 days is that important where it is as long as it's over 25% and less than 50%; mine goes between 30-40% I'd say 95% of the time the first 18 day period. In dry winter months, it's just too hard to even try to get it higher and it's not necessary anyway.

I've got an Rcom that automatically sets the humidity, so other than using more distilled water to get higher humidity, there's no real difference on the difficulty end of things for low vs. high humidity -- and this is only my third attempt at hatching using the thing, so am most definitely still learning!

 

[ronott1]

I'm still not sure why they'd do better at lower humidity. What is the scientific explanation for that? I never incubate at 50% humidity. I just don't think the first 18 days is that important where it is as long as it's over 25% and less than 50%; mine goes between 30-40% I'd say 95% of the time the first 18 day period. In dry winter months, it's just too hard to even try to get it higher and it's not necessary anyway.

Humidity has a much wider variance than temperatures. Your are correct about 25 to 50% working fine in most cases.

Shipped Marans and Penedesenca eggs do not evaporate too well so the lower humidity helps them hatch.

Like Chiqita said, it is best to watch air cell development or weigh them.

 

[Hangtown Farms]

I've seen no difference for humidity in darker or lighter eggs, so unless you're saying the super dark shells are just thicker, I'm not sure why they'd be any different. I've done Marans and Olive Eggers the same way I do my Rocks. I do see that small eggs lose humidity faster and you have to keep up with it. I do between 30 and 45% the first 18 days, then up it to 65-70% and no higher. When they start pipping, they add more moisture in the bator by themselves.

The penedesenca eggs do not seem to loose moisture as fast at 45% than they should that's all

 

[Hangtown Farms]

I'm still not sure why they'd do better at lower humidity. What is the scientific explanation for that? I never incubate at 50% humidity. I just don't think the first 18 days is that important where it is as long as it's over 25% and less than 50%; mine goes between 30-40% I'd say 95% of the time the first 18 day period. In dry winter months, it's just too hard to even try to get it higher and it's not necessary anyway.

I have no scientific reason lol just that like Ron said they don't evaporate quick enough at 45% for me so I switched to 35%

 

[speckledhen]

Well, whatever works for ya, right?

 

[Hangtown Farms]

We'll see the 45 was working great on all but my thick shelled penedesenca they had been drowning in fluid

 

[1muttsfan]

I would not even consider spending that much on a bird, only because my most expensive, hoped for and valuable birds, as well as any I name, seem to have a big Karma target painted on them. I do have one named hen right now, but she has 3 different names depending on who is talking to her so maybe that has hidden her from Chicken Doom.

I made it through about 5 seconds of that video before the sound went OFF.