How can I get the humidty up....

[sddragons]

in my incubator? I have been using an incubator that I made out of a wine cooler about the size of an office refrigerator and my humidity was staying around 87% with a bowl of water on the bottom shelf. I now built a huge wine cooler incubator about 6 feet tall and 2 feet wide and can't seem to get the humidity past 40%. I have the water bowl on a shelf in the middle about half way up from the bottom where the heat coil is and my eggs are just a couple shelves above that.
Any suggestions?

 

[midnight_962002]

Move it closer to the heat coil. It should help the evaporation process which will get the moisture into the air.

Ernie

 

[beardedwizard]

Like Ernie said move the water closer to the heat source... But also you can't expect the same amount of water that keeps the humidity perfect in a 3 cubic foot incubator to keep the same humidity consistent in a 6-8 cubic foot incubator... You must double or triple the amount of water in the bottom to keep the humidity high...

Anthony

 

[beardedwizard]

I've never had a need as of yet to upgrade in size for my incubators, but here's an example of how you set up a "refrigerator" size incubator with 1 gallon milk jugs full of water at the bottom.

This photo belongs to Steven Barnes of http://www.bloodbanksdragons.com

Anthony

 

[citrusdragon]

I spray the inside of my freezer with a sprayer every other day. It puts small drops of water everywhere, and they are easier to evaporate than when the water is in a bowl ( more water surface area in millions of drops, than a bowl). I maintain a water bowl, but the spraying keep the humidity in the 61-70% range really nice.

Then I don't have to mess with the individual containers. The vermiculite stays moist like the day they were put in there.

Jeff

 

[beardedwizard]

Good point Jeff, yes I mist as well, and it helps bump the humidity up every quickly! As much as 15%-20% with the first 10 minutes! Within the first 2 weeks I even mist the lid of the container ever so lightly, you don't want water droplets falling onto the eggs!

If you have any questions please don't hesitate to ask,

Anthony