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Chirs Member Posts: 4 |
Whats the proper humidity for chicken eggs?
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Carlos Vega Site Owner Posts: 2 |
Chirs,
The proper humidity is 50% and 55% during the last 3 days. | |
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Darrell Romney Member Posts: 3 |
Seramas do well at 45-50% and after they have pipped, anything above that is ok and preferably very high if the incubator keeps getting opened. If you have a hygrometor, you will see that whenever the lid is removed to turn eggs, humidity drops instantly to as low as 20%. When eggs have pipped, the holes in the egg allow that dry air in when the lid is removed and chicks can still get stuck to the shells. | |
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