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Another update.... so yesterday my new fan arrived for my octagon 20, so I stuck a sweatshirt in the tumble dryer for 10 mins, then waited for it not to feel hot and went for the fan replacement.... Took the top off the incubator and dropped the sweat shirt over the top of the eggs. Wow how good...

Well to give you all a quick update. Today while I was in town I bought another thermometer. Got home and placed it in the incubator. Both thermometers inside the incubator showed the same thing (more or less) they were reading 34 degrees C. This was a shock as the digital display on the octagon...

Lol Pick someone who has one but is moving to London for work.... I will keep you posted as to how this develops and turns out. Thanks again

Thank you all for your useful advice. Full stand down in the panic station...... well almost.

My turning cradle turns them through 90 degrees however while this is going on should I also hand turn them to increase the even heat distribution in the egg or will opening the incubator more often do more harm than good?

Thank you for the quick response and welcome. I use to keep chickens so everything apart “hatching your own” I had covered. I guess there is always something you hadn’t thought of to catch you out.....

Hi all. I have been researching hatching chicks on here for a while taking advantage of the google response when I typed in a question. I decided to take the plunge and hatch my own in an incubator. A friend recently gave up keeping chickens as they were moving away and kindly gave me his...