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Posted: Sunday 11 September, 2005
We candled the four eggs last night. Three of the four are growing something. One was clearly empty and has been removed.
I'm having a problem keeping the humidity high enough, even though the water tray is full.
Try putting a cotton cloth in the water that then hangs out to raise the evaporation rate.
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Catherine
Monday 12 September, 2005 at 8:34am
All I had for the humidity when we hatched chickens in the beer box, was a cup full of water. It might be different for a commercial incubator, but it didn't make any difference to our eggs when they hatched.