5th Annual BYC New Year's Day 2014 Hatch-A-Long

[Blarneyeggs]

[COLOR=0000FF]I was going to suggest you crack open and look for the [/COLOR][COLOR=0000FF]bull's eye, but I see you are WAY ahead of me.  [/COLOR]

[COLOR=0000FF]I am TELLING ya, RON, we need to rename this thread the 'Orpington Hatch Along'  [/COLOR]

[COLOR=0000FF]Oh WOW!  I LOVE this idea!! We had our own bird yesterday, it was lovely.  The 23 yr old who recently got her own place could not stop saying, 'Thanks Mom.  I REALLY miss your cooking.'  Melts my heart….makes those teen years seem like a very distant memory.[/COLOR]

We can only rename it the Orpington Hatch-A-Long if you supply us all with Orp eggs to hatch!
I'll take some Lavenders!

Oh, yer funny! Now, you KNOW I don't have any lavenders....not getting ANY eggs from ANY of my Orps right now....

 

[CackleJoy]

We are officially getting eggs for the hatch along! Thank you Ron for the heads up.

What a great way for us to learn! Husband bought me a HB 1588 w/fan & turner. It's here waiting calibration... indoor/outdoor digital thermometers? What do you all use? Our 1st ever hatch

 

[chicken pickin]

We are officially getting eggs for the hatch along! Thank you Ron for the heads up.

What a great way for us to learn! Husband bought me a HB 1588 w/fan & turner. It's here waiting calibration... indoor/outdoor digital thermometers? What do you all use? Our 1st ever hatch

I don't use anything with mine. The temp and humidity gage is very accurate. I plug it in and the temp is already pre set at the setting of 99.5 degrees and hardly flucuates, and I run my humidity this time of year at about 42%

 

[ronott1]

We are officially getting eggs for the hatch along! Thank you Ron for the heads up.

What a great way for us to learn! Husband bought me a HB 1588 w/fan & turner. It's here waiting calibration... indoor/outdoor digital thermometers? What do you all use? Our 1st ever hatch

I have added you to the list of participants!

I use a Brinsea Spot check and a combo Hydrometer\thermometer from Incubator Warehouse.

I do not use them in the Brinsea Octagon Advance though. It has accurate sensors on it already.

 

[chicken pickin]

Contrats on the new incubator too by the way. What do you plan to hatch?

 

[CackleJoy]

I don't use anything with mine. The temp and humidity gage is very accurate. I plug it in and the temp is already pre set at the setting of 99.5 degrees and hardly flucuates, and I run my humidity this time of year at about 42%

Do you recommend something just to check accuracy since we've never used ours before? I'm a little nervous (where is the nail biting emocon?)

 

[ronott1]

Do you recommend something just to check accuracy since we've never used ours before? I'm a little nervous (where is the nail biting emocon?)

It is a good idea to check--especially the temperature.

The Brinsea spot check is very accurate.

 

[chicken pickin]

Do you recommend something just to check accuracy since we've never used ours before? I'm a little nervous (where is the nail biting emocon?)

I have 2 of the 1588s and I have never used anything besides what comes with the bator. My very first hatch with these incubators I set 9 local eggs from one person and hatched 9 chicks and I set 12 local eggs from another person and 5 hatched, 5 were infertile 2 developed but didn't hatch. I have done monthly hatches since then and have had great results.

 

[chicken pickin]

Ron does make a good point. Its always a good Idea to double check to make sure its accurate.

 

[chiqita]

Do you recommend something just to check accuracy since we've never used ours before?  I'm a little nervous  (where is the nail biting emocon?)

I personally recommend calibrating you thermometer and hydro before you use them. You may get lucky and have it spot on but why chance it? It does involve getting another thermometer as you can't check the ones in the incubator without taking it out.

A brinsea spot check is guaranteed to be calibrated and I've not seen one wrong. But most thermometers I have tested have been between .3 ( not a huge deal) to 3 degrees ( lethal) off. I have never seen a hydro that is 100% accurate.
But as long as you know it is easy to adjust.

Probe thermometers are the easiest to calibrate. The Acu rights are not bad but not as easy. They only do .1 to 100 degrees so if you want to run a still air they are not accurate enough.

Everyone will have a different experience but I like information.