I wanted to let everyone know about a little experiment I started today. Long story short: bantam cochin goes broody every time you sneeze...decided to finally let her set...just picked up some BLRW eggs....wanted to try an experiment.
I gave her four of the eggs to set on and wanted to monitor the temperature and humidity levels that the eggs experience during natural incubation. I typically use a digital thermometer and digital hygrometer, both with external, wired probes in my 1588 and know they are accurate. In order to track the egg environment I taped the probes to each of two eggs (one thermo, the other hgyro) using a couple narrow strips of electrical tape. The wires run out through the side of the nest and the digital displays are readable just outside the broody pen. Both units store the minimum and maximum values so I can see what the daily fluctuation is on them. Unfortunately, it doesn't let me know how long any of those values ocurred for but it should still give me a good range. Obviously, this is not a true scientific experiment as I will only have the information that pertains to this hen but I am still curious to see what I get. After the hen was setting for a couple hours I checked the displays...Temp was 99.3 and humidity was 31%. A few hours after that I checked again (she was setting tight the whole time) and Temp was 98.4 and Humidity was still 31%. I am really anxious to see how things progress and will post my results here. I would like to try to get the min/max value for each day as long as I have time and remember to reset them!
Richard
I gave her four of the eggs to set on and wanted to monitor the temperature and humidity levels that the eggs experience during natural incubation. I typically use a digital thermometer and digital hygrometer, both with external, wired probes in my 1588 and know they are accurate. In order to track the egg environment I taped the probes to each of two eggs (one thermo, the other hgyro) using a couple narrow strips of electrical tape. The wires run out through the side of the nest and the digital displays are readable just outside the broody pen. Both units store the minimum and maximum values so I can see what the daily fluctuation is on them. Unfortunately, it doesn't let me know how long any of those values ocurred for but it should still give me a good range. Obviously, this is not a true scientific experiment as I will only have the information that pertains to this hen but I am still curious to see what I get. After the hen was setting for a couple hours I checked the displays...Temp was 99.3 and humidity was 31%. A few hours after that I checked again (she was setting tight the whole time) and Temp was 98.4 and Humidity was still 31%. I am really anxious to see how things progress and will post my results here. I would like to try to get the min/max value for each day as long as I have time and remember to reset them!
Richard
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) I put the t/h on top of the eggs like I do in the incubator.
