Who doesn't worry with humidity?

[halo]

I dont worry near as much as I used to. When I first started hatching, Id worry the humidity wasnt high enough, and kept a lot of water in the hatcher, sometimes so much it would bead up on the window. Needless to say, I had some disasters. Now I dont have it any higher than in the incubator,and have great hatches. I am a firm believer as far as humidity goes, that more is not better.

 

[chickn]

i just make sure the little spot in the plastic pan is filled and thats that, and believe me sometimes when i check it is bone dry, hatch day even.

 

[DuckyBoys]

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Yeah,that was exactly what I was thinking! If I didn't check it like 2x a day I'd have a nice constant 10%! I re-wet sponges at least once a day in the circulating air bator - the still air keeps humidity much better.

 

[PurpleChicken]

Kyle, if you are incubating quail eggs then humidity is more important
than chicken eggs. Quail eggs are smaller and more susceptable to
humidity. You want 60% for most of the hatch and can bump up a
little at day 14 though hatch day.

I run between 45 and 60% and then bump up to 65%.

Humidity IS NOT as important as temp. You can have good
hatches with low or high humidity but not low or high temp.

 

[B. Saffles Farms]

I dont worry about humidity, but I do check it from time to time, and its always been dead on. My temp stays the same too.

 

[KyleD.]

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thanks thats something i did not know and i'm trying to watch it more with this batch, i did this just to see the different opinions. But thanks for the advice it will comein handy!

 

[warmfuzzies]

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Yeah,that was exactly what I was thinking! If I didn't check it like 2x a day I'd have a nice constant 10%! I re-wet sponges at least once a day in the circulating air bator - the still air keeps humidity much better.

Amen! I was havng trouble getting it up for this last hatch and then I put in a sponge and it shot up to 80%! Just because of the snowstorm though. So much for not opening the bator! There is no way I could leave it for five days without opening it. I have to wet the sponge at least twice a day to get at 50-60% for hatching.

 

[bUg_Farm]

I worried alot about it during my first hatch (just a few days ago). After a ton of reading on here and other sites - my decision is that I am not going to fuss over it the next time. I'll keep water in the wells during incubation, add a sponge during hatch - and that's it.

 

[the_eagle69]

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[KYBOY]

I know about how much water goes were to get "X" ammount of humididty and thats about as far as I go, but I do already know what its going to be..
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Id bet most people would astounded at what the humididty runs under a setting hen

Id bet she dont turn it up or down either