underground home and incubating

[silkiechicken]

I agree with mac in abilene. Temp goes up humidity goes down unless it is held in. In your case you want to open up the plugs.

 

[Mac in Wisco]

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Exactly. The heat should be drying the eggs out to create an air sac for the chick. That's the reason for monitoring the humidity. If the humidity is too high the eggs don't lose enough water and the chicks drown. If the humidity is too low the eggs dry out too much and you end up with small, weak, if not dead, chicks.

The incubator has to have an air exchange with the outside to give the embryos oxygen and to release the moisture. Desiccant will only work in a sealed container. Putting dessicant in an incubator will only cause it to become saturated quickly and add moisture back to the air if the humidity does drop, just like a sponge.

 

[cheepchicks]

Ok I have the humidity down to 47%. I didn't need to take the plugs out but will if you think I should. I read this after coming home from work and noticing that the humidity had leveled out.

Kim

Again thank-you all for your help.

 

[Mac in Wisco]

If your humidity is fine now just leave the plugs in. If the humidity starts going way up or moisture starts condensing on the window you need to remove a vent plug. The instructions recommend removing one or both when they start to hatch.

Here is the manual in case you don't have it.

http://www.eggcartons.com/downloads/spanishincubator.pdf

 

[cheepchicks]

Okay, I think I need to look at it for trouble shooting issues anyway as the egg turner is not moving. So thank-you for your advice and trust that I am paying attention to it. I always bow to greater knowledge.

Kim

 

[tiffanyh]

Also becareful with your temps at 100 in a still air. In order to have my water weasel to get to 99.5F, I have to have my temps at 103 in the incubator. My first two hatches didnt do well, and for the third I got a weasel to monitor the temp inside the egg. when my incubator read 99F, the water weseal read 96F, which is why I got such bad hatches. I adjusted it fo rmy last two hatches and got great results on shipped eggs.

Good Luck

 

[cheepchicks]

Ok I will turn the temp up. Humidity is still good at 46-47 %. Stupid egg turner is still not moving though.


Kim