Brinsea Eco 20 humidity/bad hatch??

[SilkieCanada]

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ok so I think I figured out what I need to get better hatch rates.... I need YOU.

 

[marathonmultiplesmom]

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ok so I think I figured out what I need to get better hatch rates.... I need YOU.

Thanks you made me laugh. My tip is leave the bator closed. I know a lot of us say it and its hard when you JUST CAN"T WAIT ALREADY! My most recent hatch was 87%ish. They were stacked eggs and I had to hatch them stacked as well. The ones on top of the others hatched on day 20 and the others on day 21. Must be warmer up there and I am not sure if that affected my hatch in any way?
I am having great hatches since I got my brinsea machines. I have two, same model the eco 20. I have goose eggs on lockdown right now and 2 of them are wiggling and I KNOW goose eggs are trouble and hard to hatch. Lets hope my luck holds

 

[kuntrygirl]

Can anyone suggest a non-Brinsea humidity gauge for a Brinsea Eco 20 that will work and fit comfortably in the incubator?

 

[TwistOfFate]

Yep, whole thing in there. I have 2 Brinsea ECOs and I get 100% or close to it every hatch so far. hatch 1 was 100%, hatch 2 was 100% hatch 3 was 89%. I love the machine. But where are you located? Is your vent open or closed? I incubate half way open and on lockdown I switch to 1/3. If you are losing lots of eggs and you determine your humidity is OK then its time you analyze the stock. Are they breeding, fed right, rooster to hen ratio, etc?

I realize this is an old thread, but I'm going thru my first eco hatch and was wondering, what does your thermometer read? the one that came with the incubator?

 

[DanEP]

Mine always read 100 and is steady. A little high but I always get good hatches so I leave it there.

 

[Texasmja]

I emailed Brinsea and asked about doing a small amount of eggs instead of a full load using the Eco 20.

I am doing 6 chicken eggs, the settings are set at:

Temp 99.5, vent 1/3 open, water well (1) 3/4 full of water - for days 1-18
Temp 99.5, vent all the way closed, both (2) water wells full for lock down

I am on day 2, so I have no results yet on the hatch out rate.

If you are doing a full load, follow manufacture instructions.

 

[Belinda's Funny Farm]

Thanks you made me laugh. My tip is leave the bator closed. I know a lot of us say it and its hard when you JUST CAN"T WAIT ALREADY! My most recent hatch was 87%ish. They were stacked eggs and I had to hatch them stacked as well. The ones on top of the others hatched on day 20 and the others on day 21. Must be warmer up there and I am not sure if that affected my hatch in any way?
I am having great hatches since I got my brinsea machines. I have two, same model the eco 20. I have goose eggs on lockdown right now and 2 of them are wiggling and I KNOW goose eggs are trouble and hard to hatch. Lets hope my luck holds

How did you hatch them stacked? I have 100 quail eggs in my Brinsea Octagon 20. It only holds 60 so I had to stack the other 40 on top in a cardboard quail egg carton. I not sure what I am going to do when I candle them and more than 60 of them are alive. Did you just put them in there loose and stack them right on top of each other?