Why do you dry hatch?

[Amanda39]

I have seen many threads about dry hatching ducks and geese. My questions is.... WHY?

If it's clearly known ducks and geese need higher humidity, why do you risk dry hatching? Just to say you did it and they survived?

I'm not trying to start anything, it just doesn't make sense to me.

I'm a total noob, but, I was 100% successful with my very first hatch of duck and geese eggs from lock down because I followed the recommended humidity from what seems like a million different places. From here, to google and youtube, I kept the humidity were it was recommended for them. I would never try to dry hatch them when clearly it's recommended that the humidity be higher.

So, my question is, why? What made you decide to go against the recommendations?

 

[Speceider]

I don't purposely do dry incubation, just often works that way. With temps in the mid to high 90's during the day and upper 80's at night, and RH often around 90%, I am often seeing RHs in the incubator higher than I would like due to environmental conditions. One has to pay attention to their local environmental conditions.

Clint

 

[Amanda39]

That makes sense Clint. I wasn't thinking about climate. Like I said, I'm a Noob, and I'm just trying to soak in as much info as I can. I live in MI, humidity is a beast here, however, because myself and 3 daughters suffer horribly from asthma and allergies, we keep the windows shut almost everyday of the year.

So, in the winter, we turn on our furnace humidifiers, and in the summer we have the AC on. The house is a constant 72.

I literally plug and play with the incubators. I set the humidity and it keeps it there. I just turn 3-5 times a day.

So, if you are doing it because of climate, it makes a lot of sense, but I would like to hear from people that don't do it because of climate.

 

[SaltyPaws]

When I hatched my chicken eggs, I didn't need to add water at all. RH was 60% plus the whole time.

I would imagine when I hatch duck eggs it will be be the same.