incubation humidity problem

[patdahat 41]

iv have recently got a novital covatutto 54 incubator and cant get the humitity up to %/85%.. i have filled the small water compartment full and after 3 day's it was only reading 46%.i added another ponny of water and got it up to 56%. added another ponny the size of the 1 built into the incubator thinking it should bring the humidity up to and over 90% but only reached 60%. the temp is set at a steady 99.5 degrees, is there something im dooing wrong or could the hydro gauge be wrong?? new to incubation. i have it set up in a bedroom in the house.

 

cheers pat....

[BULLDOUG 199]

I WOULD USE AN INDEPENDENT GUAGE, I THINK MOST PEOPLE FIND THEY HAVE TO DO THIS

[patdahat 41]

this is the 1 i have

 

[Moll. 1,793]

You get more humidity from larger surface areas, rather than deep water. Can i ask what you are hatching for a humidity of 85%

Also if in doubt have two different hygrometers to make sure.

[jasper65 6]

Get a peice of Hesian sack or something simular you can use as a wick! obviusly make sure its clean and free from any Bacteria. place this in the water across two wells if possible so the water soakes up the Hesian like a wick! trust me you'll soon see your Humidity go up.

 

I'm a bit lost though mate why you want the Humidity up so high in a Incubator? I only run a still air Hatcher at 60 - 70% and never had a chick stick in a egg yet.

[Millet 4,497]

I'm a bit lost though mate why you want the Humidity up so high in a Incubator?

 

My humidity goes high in my pants sometimes when i watch my chippendale DVD.

 

Moll, the lad might be hatching goldfish or frogs so give him the benefit of the doubt, .

[jimmy.jim86 1]

At 19 days i always knock the humidity up to 75-85 % hum. dont see a prob and usualy have a minimum of % hatch rate, that is duck pheasant partridge and chickems.

[patdahat 41]

im intending doing phesant egg's am i right or wrong to try ang have the humidity up to 80/85% for the last 3 day's????

[patdahat 41]

Get a peice of Hesian sack or something simular you can use as a wick! obviusly make sure its clean and free from any Bacteria. place this in the water across two wells if possible so the water soakes up the Hesian like a wick! trust me you'll soon see your Humidity go up.

 

jasper would you have a pic of the setup that you have explained above with the wick??? as in new to incubation

 

cheers pat..

[jasper65 6]

jasper would you have a pic of the setup that you have explained above with the wick??? as in new to incubation

 

cheers pat..

 

Hopefully this will give you a rough idea! the Hesian lays across the air vents at the bottom of the still air Hatcher with both ends submerged in the water wells, as the air is drawn in by the Hatcher it will pass through the wet Hesian creating damp air.

 

I know of a breeder who just used New dish cloths which will do exactly the same. think of a candle? basically this is the same method with a wik used in water instead of wax.

 

Jasper

[patdahat 41]

thanks for that jasper.. but the incubator i have is a forced air..

funny thing is while iv been posting here the last few days my egg's have hatched(hens). for the last 3 days the humidity has been about 60% and i sprayed the eggs twice a day aswell and it worked 7 eggs in and 5 hatched :toast:just wondering will this same technique work for my phesant eggs???