Temperatures and Humidity

[waitwhoslucas]

I use 20-30% until lockdown, nearer 30% in the summer months. A friend dry incubated successfully at 15-20% multiple times and now uses that as her usual setup.

If there is a draft, try surrounding incubator with cardboard or fabrics like old clothes. Mine fits in a shoe box (I have large feet), and I pop a t-shirt over the top when it's colder.

And yes it is forced air. There are no fans.

 

[waitwhoslucas]

Wait until at least day 6 or 7 to candle, nothing much happening before this anyway.

Alright!

 

[BrandonsBirbs]

Oh and you don't want to candle yet, eggs are in that stage that becoming chilled even a bit and it can cause blood rings, death to the egg.

You have to leave the eggs outside the incubator for a decent time to cause this, quickly removing eggs and replacing lid is fine. Candle your egg and pop it back, easy as pie.

Wait until at least day 6 or 7 to candle, nothing much happening before this anyway.

You can see plenty by day 3 and 4

 

[TwoCrows]

I use 20-30% until lockdown, nearer 30% in the summer months. A friend dry incubated successfully at 15-20% multiple times and now uses that as her usual setup.

If there is a draft, try surrounding incubator with cardboard or fabrics like old clothes. Mine fits in a shoe box (I have large feet), and I pop a t-shirt over the top when it's colder.

Humidity is quite fickle depending on where you live in altitude, humid outside air, arid climates, etc... 15% may work in humid climates, in drier areas 35 to 40% may be more ideal. Especially at pipping time, higher humidity is needed in dry air, less humidity in wetter outside air.

 

[waitwhoslucas]

I use 20-30% until lockdown, nearer 30% in the summer months. A friend dry incubated successfully at 15-20% multiple times and now uses that as her usual setup.

If there is a draft, try surrounding incubator with cardboard or fabrics like old clothes. Mine fits in a shoe box (I have large feet), and I pop a t-shirt over the top when it's colder.

Thank you, that makes me feel much better. Also, what is a draft?

 

[BrandonsBirbs]

Thank you, that makes me feel much better. Also, what is a draft?

Cold air

 

[TwoCrows]

And yes it is forced air. There are no fans.

If there are no fans, it's a still air. You will want to incubate around 100 to 101 degrees.

 

[TwoCrows]

A draft is any air that cools the machine down as in AC, fans, etc...

 

[waitwhoslucas]

Humidity is quite fickle depending on where you live in altitude, humid outside air, arid climates, etc... 15% may work in humid climates, in drier areas 35 to 40% may be more ideal. Especially at pipping time, higher humidity is needed in dry air, less humidity in wetter outside air.

Where I live, the humidity is in the 40%. What could I do when lockdown comes and the humidity still doesn’t increase?

 

[waitwhoslucas]

If there are no fans, it's a still air. You will want to incubate around 100 to 101 degrees.

Sorry, I get them confused lol. The temperature the digital thermometers say is 108° but when I use a temp gun on the eggs themselves, it says anywhere from 99-101.