I aim for over 90 percent in the closed egg boxes (no holes in them, but I usually open each one and check on the contents every few days). To be honest, last season was the first where I actually left a sensor in one of the boxes, even though it wasn’t a type intended for that high a humidity. It usually registered around 95 percent. Of course, now it seems to be permanently damaged, so who knows for sure?



You have to go by your particular set-up regarding visual clues, but in mine, a little condensation at one end of each egg box is always a good sign. My incubator is a large container made out of plywood. I have no idea what the humidity in it is (it wouldn’t matter if it was 10 percent) because all I ask of it is to maintain a stable temperature. The secondary egg boxes hold the moisture and buffer temperature swings, as well.



-Joan

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• question on humidity in the incubator? - JMILLR2101, Fri Dec 12 20:16:52 2003
• RE: question on humidity in the incubator? - kryolla, Fri Dec 12 20:59:05 2003
• RE: question on humidity in the incubator? - Renaissance, Fri Dec 12 21:11:22 2003
• Yeah only during the last 2 weeks.....more - kryolla, Fri Dec 12 22:04:04 2003
• As far as I know... - Renaissance, Sat Dec 13 00:06:33 2003
• RE: As far as I know... - kryolla, Sat Dec 13 03:33:53 2003
• RE: As far as I know... - Renaissance, Sat Dec 13 04:32:18 2003
• RE: question on humidity in the incubator? - jfmoore, Sat Dec 13 04:11:27 2003