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[casportpony]

It will also help if you put the bator on a nice thick layer of foam, or even some folded towels. They can loose a lot of heat through the bottom. My bator is home made styrofoam, and I have to layer on the towels, set it on a foam cushion due to temp variations with our wood heat. Also, if your turner had a motor which was in the bator, as I assume they all do, that would account for your temp drop. Be extra careful b/c it's super easy to over compensate when raising the temp, resulting in a critical temp spike. The good news is that, at this stage, the chicklets are generating a fair amount of their own body heat, and some incubator protocols even recommend dropping the temp by a degree for hatch.

It has holes on the bottom... not sure I'd want to block those.

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

It might look like this:




-Kathy

 

[lazy gardener]

Yeah, you don't want to block those.

 

[Maxamus]

The temp is wrong, look at the separate white one in front of it

 

[casportpony]

The temp is wrong, look at the separate white one in front of it

The one on my Janoel is spot on. I saw the other one, but wonder how accurate it is, which is why I suggested getting another one.

-Kathy

 

[Maxamus]

I have candles them and we have only lost 3 out of the 12

 

[seminolewind]

Put a lamp close and shining on the incubator. Then you can back it off accordingly once it's warm . I've done that. It also keeps the temp steadier.

Aren't those thin walled incubators prone to temp fluxuations?

 

[casportpony]

Put a lamp close and shining on the incubator.  Then you can back it off accordingly once it's warm .  I've done that.  It also keeps the temp steadier.

Aren't those thin walled incubators prone to temp fluxuations?

I have an actual janoel 48 with the gray base, and it does okay as long as the room in 70 degrees or more and the windows are shut. The shells are quite thin, especially on the knock-offs, so maintaining temps on those is probably a little harder. Some people keep them in the styrofoam bases they came with, but I tossed mine, so can't do that. Bought mine to use as a NICU, not an egg incubator, so saw no point in keeping the foam. FWIW, it's a great NICU for the money ($120).

-Kathy

 

[seminolewind]

I know what you mean. I have used my Styrofoam as a NICU as well. I have a 1588 and I am not happy with the temps since I used to have an rcom and the temps were rock steady and recovered immediately. I was unemployed and had to sell it. My 1588 right now is covered with a piece of bubble wrap and that steadies the temps better. So I took the easy way out and bought an rcom 10. It holds 10 eggs and is egg shaped. Nobody carries it but rcom. But they have the best price and free shipping.

I do think that temps that do not waver get better hatches. I think that was the difference when I had switched to my first rcom. No more fussing and I've had 80-100% hatches on shipped eggs. I'm like the thread starter, 2 degrees would make me scream and pull my hair. I think the only other thing that can help is what was popular 6 years ago, balloons filled with water as heat sinks (?). Stops the fluctuation better.