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    Brinsea and peacock eggs opinions

    You do not need to trim the carriers in the Ovation incubator. You may be thinking of the commercial goose egg flat for the Ova-Easy incubator.
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    Brinsea Maxi II Ex - Evaporation Card Size

    Hello! According to the user manual the card needs to be 1 3/4 x 4 inches.
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    Brinsea and peacock eggs opinions

    For peacock eggs you will need to buy the large egg carriers.
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    Brinsea Ovation 56 Max

    Hello! What do you have the humidity set to?
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    question about first hatch in a Brinsea Ovation 28

    Hello! To answer your questions here: The evaporation block should be left in. Its purpose is to raise the humidity, which is especially important for hatching. The cleaning solution is not sold in the US. It is still mentioned in the manual since all of our products are manufactured in the UK...
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    Brinsea Mini II Advance - Humidity Issue

    So if the humidity isn't getting high enough with water alone then adding a dish or a sponge could do the trick. Make sure that the sponge is in the water well but sticking out into the air slightly. This will allow it to draw up water and increase the water surface area. Let us know if you have...
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    Developed chicks not hatching

    Hello! Are the ones that die pipping internally first?
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    Please help

    Did you candle before lockdown? Did you see anything moving? Lockdown for duck eggs is typically around day 25/26, so locking down late may have contributed to something happening to the eggs.
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    Please help

    Was it 36.9 the whole time or did you lower it for lockdown? If it was 36.9 the whole time then they will hatch late.
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    Delayed hatch

    A late hatch is typically a temperature issue. Incorrect humidity can cause problems, but it won't cause the hatch to be late by a week. Short instances of cooling (like when you lift the lid to turn the eggs) also wouldn't cause that much of a delay. Are you using a trusted secondary...
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    Brinsea Octagon 20 Eco. Good, bad, ugly?

    So just to clarify a few things I read in this thread, the turning is manual unless you get the optional automatic turning cradle (which is $89.99 on our website). You can read the temperature with the glass thermometer inside the incubator, and the temp can be adjusted with a screw. The...
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    Preparing to set call and pekin duck eggs! Hatch day should be March 4, 2021 if all goes well!

    If an egg has externally pipped don't open the lid! You can add water through the external fill up point on the Brinsea by filling it past the line on the side.
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    Can I use an infrared thermometer on the egg?

    The temperature of an egg will start out at the incubator air temperature, once it stabilizes after setting. There will be little difference between egg and air until at least half way through incubation but then the metabolic heat from the developing chick will start to show as a small increase...
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    Can I use an infrared thermometer on the egg?

    I can't answer the question about infrared thermometers (although that is a super interesting idea), but I can tell you that the most accurate place to measure the temperature in a Brinsea is where an egg would be at egg-height. So in a Mini you could put your thermometer in between two eggs at...
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    Incubator humidity question

    Haha you're welcome!
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    Incubator humidity question

    It's hard to tell if you should add water, but I will say that when we hatch in Titusville, FL we don't add water until lockdown. Checking the air cell or weighing the eggs is the best way to tell if they are losing the right amount of weight.
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    Water reserve system DIY

    Thank you for the information and suggestion! I will pass it along to the UK :)
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    Salt forming in incubator and stopping water

    Definitely use distilled water for the humidity, other types of water can cause build up like this.
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    Water reserve system DIY

    I love your set up!
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    Toos and Vlad

    It's normal for one end of the egg to become heavier than the other as the air cell grows. Egg weight loss should be averaged, so if you have one that is losing less or more that isn't something to worry about. Eggs will lose weight at roughly the same rate regardless of whether a chick is...
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