I have the Brinsea Mini II Advance Automatic to hatch some Mille Fleur d'uccle bantam eggs! I have some questions before I incubate the eggs tomorrow!
1. What settings should the incubator be on to start with? Current settings are:
Temperature: 99.5F (37.5C)
Remaining Days: 21
Turning Mode: Auto
Turning Interval: 60 minutes
Turning Angle: 5 seconds
Periodic Incubation Cooling: OFF (I read to turn this ON on day 7 of incubating for 60mins)
2. When placing the bantam eggs in the incubator, should the pointy side be facing inward or outward?
3. If I use a digital thermometer with a probe, where do I insert the probe or do I place the entire thermometer inside the incubator? Where do I place the hygrometer?
4. I read that shipped eggs should rest for 24hrs. I left the eggs alone after removing all the packaging materials and its sitting in an egg carton with the pointy side down. Are they supposed to rest like that?
5. What's that beeping noise that occurs every couple hours? I don't think its the temperature alarm.
6. Is there anything I should do differently because its a bantam egg instead of a standard egg? Any breed specific changes?
Any other advice would be appreciated!
1. What settings should the incubator be on to start with? Current settings are:
Temperature: 99.5F (37.5C)
Remaining Days: 21
Turning Mode: Auto
Turning Interval: 60 minutes
Turning Angle: 5 seconds
Periodic Incubation Cooling: OFF (I read to turn this ON on day 7 of incubating for 60mins)
2. When placing the bantam eggs in the incubator, should the pointy side be facing inward or outward?
3. If I use a digital thermometer with a probe, where do I insert the probe or do I place the entire thermometer inside the incubator? Where do I place the hygrometer?
4. I read that shipped eggs should rest for 24hrs. I left the eggs alone after removing all the packaging materials and its sitting in an egg carton with the pointy side down. Are they supposed to rest like that?
5. What's that beeping noise that occurs every couple hours? I don't think its the temperature alarm.
6. Is there anything I should do differently because its a bantam egg instead of a standard egg? Any breed specific changes?
Any other advice would be appreciated!