Reduce the Risk of Dehydration

預孵化儲存過程可以持續七天或更長時間。在此期間，在沒有適當加濕的地區，雞蛋極易幹燥。在前七天將濕度控製在70-80%相對濕度，之後每預孵化一天將濕度控製在80-88%相對濕度，雞蛋將獲得開始早期孵化過程所需的適當空氣濕度。此時，保持相對濕度在50-60%相對濕度是很重要的，以保持濕度水平平衡，防止水分過度流失。否則，濕度過低可能導致蛋白脫水，胚胎受到嚴重損害。正確使用蛋培養箱是確保不發生這種情況的最重要部分。

Encourage Proper Growth

During the incubation process, the amount of air that is allowed to enter an egg has a major influence on the healthy growth of the embryo. Environments with conditions of 50-60% RH are optimal for the healthy-sized embryo, as these conditions allow the airspace to develop to the correct size, which allows the embryo’s lungs to develop correctly after internal piping. This will ensure that once hatched, the chick will have regular motor functions and behave normally if it can breathe the required amounts of oxygen. Ensuring your egg incubator is properly maintained is a good way to be certain this process is occurring the way it should be.

Make Environments Healthy for Development

Unhealed or wet navels on newly hatched chicks are the result of unhealthy development, and such conditions can result in painful infections as well as mortality in many cases. Another condition tied to unhealthy embryo development pertains to the hocks of the chick, which could become swollen and red. These small lesions result in leg weakness. To protect against these issues and ensure that you have healthy hatchlings, it is important to keep your relative humidity levels at between 50-60% RH. Making sure your egg incubator is being serviced regularly is a good way to ensure your humidity levels are staying consistent. Regulated humidification, such as with one of Condair’s humidifiers, is the most efficient and reliable way of achieving this or any consistent RH percentage levels.

Decrease Airborne Infection Potentialities

Like human infants, newly hatched chicks are easily susceptible to airborne-based infections and viruses. When conditions are uncontrolled in regard to RH levels, dust and airborne particles can freely float through the atmosphere, easily interacting with chicks in the same space. Proper humidity with 50-60% RH will not only protect the chicks during the hatching process and prevent the shell from sticking to their own, but it will also force airborne particles and dust to fall more quickly, greatly reducing the risk of airborne-based infections that could negatively impact hatchling health.