- Nov 25, 2012
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For those asking about the Janoel- I purchased one and just finished my 1st incubation. I followed the instructions that came with it as my prior experience has been with a Hovabator forced air incubator (which I had about 75% hatch rate).
The Janoel kept the humidity and temp very, very stable- that being said, I have a 6' x 6' room for incubating in the center of my house with the incubator and hatcher on a shelf and brooders underneath them on another shelf.
The Janoel advocated a humidity of 65% to 68%- disaster!!! Way too high for this incubator- I had only a 25% hatch rate (thankfully it was barnyard eggs and not my quail or pheasants). I will set humidity around 40% like I ran in the hovabator and see if it has a better hatch rate.
the way the incubator is designed, you can run a small straw or tube from the vent hole to the water channels- I use a small amount of food coloring so I can monitor the water level and see how it corresponds with the humidity readings.
We set our second set of eggs this week (quail) so I will report how this hatch goes....
The Janoel kept the humidity and temp very, very stable- that being said, I have a 6' x 6' room for incubating in the center of my house with the incubator and hatcher on a shelf and brooders underneath them on another shelf.
The Janoel advocated a humidity of 65% to 68%- disaster!!! Way too high for this incubator- I had only a 25% hatch rate (thankfully it was barnyard eggs and not my quail or pheasants). I will set humidity around 40% like I ran in the hovabator and see if it has a better hatch rate.
the way the incubator is designed, you can run a small straw or tube from the vent hole to the water channels- I use a small amount of food coloring so I can monitor the water level and see how it corresponds with the humidity readings.
We set our second set of eggs this week (quail) so I will report how this hatch goes....