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Can somone tell me? My books say its a big guessing game. If the eggs start to dry out increase it, if they get moldy reduce it. There must be somone out there who keeps track of this and can tell me a roud about figure on a good humidity precentage to keep the incubater at. I have it all set up and running now. I h ave the tems at a constant 85F 24 hours a day and the humidity sits at a constant 75% right now. thanks for the help.
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I think leo eggs will incubate at many humidity levels. I use deli cups with sealed air holes. My rule of thumb is that if there is a light fog on the lid at 80-83 degress than that is just right. If there is no fog you need to add a little water to the sides of the deli. If there are water driplets on the lid you need to keep whiping the lid off until you get a nice fog. This is a method i have used for my eggs and have never had mold or dented eggs. With this method you dont need a whole lot of water to the vermiculite.

That's pretty much how I determine mine too, by the amount of condensation on the container. I've seen the question asked several times on other forums and no one seems to have a "number" to give LOL I've never seen an exact humidity level given in any books or anything either.
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Ive seen 80%. Albeys methos is 80% by weight.

Ok Thanks for the suggestions I will go by that method when the day arives.I already made an all purpose incubator. I used a 3 gallon bucked with about 4" of water in it. I have a fully submersable fish tank heater in the water, 2 bricks and the egg container sits on the bricks and barly touches the water. The temp gauge is in the egg container and so far this method is working awsome and only cost me $35 for the heater, everythign ells I already had
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That method has caused problems for some. Make sure that your egg containers are air tight. If your temps hit 82-84 that bucket will get too humid. If your egg container is tight than you shouldnt have a problem.

I would do 85%, albeys is kind of dry

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