[chickenlady]

OK! not panicking but want to get the humidity down as Foxy suggested but if i run it dry the humidity drops to 20% if i leave it as it is (1cm in tank) it runs at 55-58% ? any suggestions as other ways to lower it just enough?

[Big Jen]

Hi, Dont know if this will help but this is what I do. Take all the water out. I then wet cotton wool pads and put them in one at a time till I get the humidity to just how I want.   They are the pads you use for removing makeup!!
I also use them in my hatcher to get the humidity up quickly, I put about 6 in. I tried putting an extra bowl of water in once and had a chick get in it and it drowned so have used the cotton wool ever since.
I have chicks hatching today, very slow and nerve wrecking, 4 so far - the first one at 8 this morning, the 4th one about 10 mins ago. Another 6 to come hopefully

BJ

[chickenlady]

thanks will try that, will have to wait till tomorrow morning to get some cotton wool! Oh how exciting your little ones are hatching!  :happy: hope all goes well! I hope I will be rosey over hatching babies on 24th! 

[chooknewbie]

yup, but i tend to do mine about day 3 as you can start and see some veins forming...and its exciting...lol...

[chickenlady]

yup, but i tend to do mine about day 3 as you can start and see some veins forming...and its exciting...lol...

can you actually see things as early as day 3?  oh! how exciting!  day 3 is tomorrow (didnt count the day I set them is this right?) when candling is it best to shine the light through the pointy end, blunt end or side for best view? i have made a candler from a bright torch and put a cone on the end so the egg fits snug!

[chooknewbie]

TBH i move mine about until i get the best view... you get a different picture from each of the ends...  dont be disheartended if you dont see anything yet tho... sometimes you can, sometimes you cant... but its so cool to see the gradual changes!!

[chickenlady]

I now have humidity under control! (thanks to you guys have a sponge in there now with small amount of water!) but now the temperature is fluctuating??? when the egg tray is over the sponge the humidity is 32% and temp perfect at 37.5 but when sponge is exposed humidity is 38% (still great) but temp drops to 37.2 -3 ??  I dont understand??? the hygrometer doesnt move when the eggs are turned so dont know why im getting these fluctuations??? was  just starting to feel a little more relaxed as well! 

[nnbreeder]

That is one drawback to the digital thermometers You get used to seeiing all those numbers.

 That is only 1/5th of a degree fluctuation. Not enough of a varience to worry about.

[chickenlady]

That is one drawback to the digital thermometers You get used to seeiing all those numbers.

 That is only 1/5th of a degree fluctuation. Not enough of a varience to worry about.

thanks nnbreeder!  i am a worrier im afraid, everyone will be fed up with me by the time it gets to hatch day 

[Foxy]

That is one drawback to the digital thermometers You get used to seeiing all those numbers.

 That is only 1/5th of a degree fluctuation. Not enough of a varience to worry about.

thanks nnbreeder!  i am a worrier im afraid, everyone will be fed up with me by the time it gets to hatch day 

fed up with you??? No, just panic now if you dont post!!!!

[chickenlady]

   off to work now! just in case anyone is worried! 

[Kate and her Ducks]

I'm the same nnbreeder, worried about every little variation and now they are under a broody and there is nothing I can do about it as I have no idea what the temp and humidity is. Hasn't stopped me worrying but I just don't know what to worry about anymore! Except her not sitting of course!