chris170284 Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 hi i have a home made incubator made of polystiren, 3 days to go,i am having problems getting the humidity up 2 60 -70% ive already put in 2 water trays that cover more than half of the incubator and 3 sponges full of water and its sitting at 30% olease help thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwing Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 To me there are two possible causes too much humidity is escaping - are there gaps or air holes? dont block all of the air out as its important but try bunging up or taping over some of the air holes and see if that improves things the other cause could be a faulty humidity detector - 30% is what you'd expect it to be with no water added Dont try to get the humidity too high especially if its a still air (as opposed to fan) incubator - 60% is plenty even a little too much and dont raise it too early Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris170284 Posted June 5, 2012 Author Share Posted June 5, 2012 thanks mate yes the air hole i had was too big ive now closed its 70% now but going from 65-70 during the day,i was just checking it 2 mins ago and i saw the egg rock from side to side so exciting not long now tomorow is 21st day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
