First clutch of eggs due any day

My humidity is 86% in the egg tub. Is this ok? Temp is 88-89.

Congrats on your first clutch! My first clutch is currently 6 days overdue and the other is 5 days until due date.

Temps sound good but humidity could be highter. Are you using a light grate or plan on putting the eggs in the substrate. Also, what type of tub are you using?

I'm using vermiculite & water. 1:1 by weight. I had a problem with water dripping from the lid. So I added more vermiculite to stop that. It still clumps when I squeeze it.

Any feedback would be great. Like I said this is my 1st clutch so I'm open to helpful information.

It's a homemade cooler incubator.

I'm not using a light grate. Any reason I should use it?

I'm using the same method as you (no light grate) and I think too much water is probably worse than too little.

Are you using press & seal to hold humidity? I get condensation in the tubs but water seems to collect at the edges of the seal.

If the vermiculite is still clumping up and breaking apart easily, it sounds fine. If it's too dry the eggs will dimple up a bit within the first week or so, so you can add more water. Hope that helps!

I haven't used press & seal. Will this help me? I was just using the lid before and humidity was 96% but water would slowly drip from the lid.

Vermiculite is still staying together after I squeeze it and no water comes out. But it looks dry but feels moist

So right now. I should add press and seal to raise the humidity?

I actually redid the vermiculite and it's 1:1 ratio with water by weight. That will raise the humidity but how do I stop it from building condensation on the lid?

I use press-n-seal. This will drastically help raise humidity. You will get condensation though. I usually open the tubs once a week and wipe off the condensation. It shouldn't be so much that its dripping though. Sometimes when I open them, some water will drip on the eggs but I just wipe them off too.

I also like to candle them quickly to monitor the development when I open the tubs.

I use vermiculite and the the light diffuser with no press n seal and maintain good humidity with in my tubs. Just make sure your mixture is right, which is seems like you're fine on yours, and ensure you have enough in the tub. Too little of the amount will dry out fast as well. I've not used press and seal myself, but I've placed a water bowl in the incubator itself and the humidity is fantastic within the tubs and the bator. Hope this helps ya and I'm sure you'll be fine with either method.

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If you have an issue with water dripping, raise one end of the egg tub (like with CD case or something like that) so that the water will drain down the lid and then down the egg box instead of dripping water on your eggs

As of now this is what I did.


Like mentioned above. I redid the vermiculite mix. 1:1 with water by weight.

I put a empty tub in the bottom of my incubator then put my egg box ontop of that. Humidity is 96% now.

Condensation is starting to build on the lid. Not dripping though. This is normal for the lid to shows signs of condensation right?

I'm asking cause any video I want on YouTube doesn't seem to have anything on the lid.

Mine will build to the point when I take the cover off and tilt it. Water will come out. Not tons but enough to cover the bottom of a glass cup.