Show moisture for hatching eggs may be necessary whether eggs in the incubator should be sprinkled or not depends upon the type of incubator the amount of moisture in the air of the room where the incubator is kept advises an authority in the rural new yorker some incubators are provided with water pans for providing the needed moisture others depend upon there being sufficient moisture in the air of aie the cellar or room where the machine is operated and this may be increased by keeping the floor beneath wet if need be it is best to follow the directions given by the makers of the incubator used as they have done the experimenting and presumably know what method is most satisfactory with their 15 particular hatcher duck eggs require more moisture than hens eggs and are usually sprinkled with water at room temperature pera ture daily during the latter half 14 days of the hatcat hatch an incubator for duck eggs may also have a water pan as an additional help in supplying needed moisture |