Open the incubator in the first 3 days to let out moisture?
Hello Community,
I recently got an incubator (motorized incubator) to hatch chicken eggs.
When I looked it up online, I was told that you shouldn't open the incubator or turn the eggs for the first three days because that would cause the climate inside to collapse.
Now, however, I'm having the problem that I have too much humidity in the incubator (I have to regulate it manually, since the incubator only takes care of the temperature), which, according to the internet, is also bad. I don't know exactly how much humidity is in there, because there's no sensor anywhere to read it, but the hood is already fogging up slightly (see picture).
As far as I know, that's a sign that there's already too much in there.
Does anyone have any idea how I can get rid of this? Am I allowed to open the hood, or is that strictly prohibited? Should I just leave it as it is?
Greetings, Angel
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I wouldn't take all this exactly. Yes, the broth is a complex process and temperature and humidity must vote. But the luck is also in the first 3 days. The luck turns the eggs in the first 3 days.
I always brood the first 10 days without artificially elevated LF. Only then will something be increased and from the 18th day more.
In the guide, hopefully, how much you need to fill in to get the desired LF. That the hood is then certainly normal.
In order to test the humidity, an additional hygrometer was recommended.
I'm afraid you caught a very low-grade brother. I'm afraid the humidity on these devices is really your smallest problem. Since these devices are so extremely cheap, all components are saved. Unfortunately, this also has a negative effect on the accuracy of the temperature. No good conditions for healthy chicks.
But I don't think you need to worry about these eggs. With organic eggs, the probability of fertilization would be better.
increase the outside temperature. the room temperature.
the moisture is okay. you want to broth the eggs and not dry them.
do not open.
I keep worrying in the sense that even many thought that if the humidity is too high, the chicks can in principle "drown":/
But thanks for the answer!
in the first three days nothing can drown.
Ok good 😅 thanks 🙂