- Apr 26, 2008
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Hi
I am incubating my first set of eggs, 11 from our flock of barred rocks.
1. Today is day 8 and I'm incubating brown shelled eggs so from what I've read today is the day to candle them. I wonder though won't opening the incubator mess up the temp? Shouldn't I not ever open the incubator?
2. I have them in a Little Giant model 9200. It is what our feed store had. We just moved halfway across the country and couldn't bring our hens with us after all (too hot) so a friend kept them and we brought the eggs. I didn't think to research and order an incubator ahead of time so I bought what they had. It is styrofoam, no fan, with an automatic egg turner. I need to get a hydrometer to measure the humidity and will do that today. Until I do that should I just check and refill the water resevoir today when I candle the eggs?
Thanks
Shannon
I am incubating my first set of eggs, 11 from our flock of barred rocks.
1. Today is day 8 and I'm incubating brown shelled eggs so from what I've read today is the day to candle them. I wonder though won't opening the incubator mess up the temp? Shouldn't I not ever open the incubator?
2. I have them in a Little Giant model 9200. It is what our feed store had. We just moved halfway across the country and couldn't bring our hens with us after all (too hot) so a friend kept them and we brought the eggs. I didn't think to research and order an incubator ahead of time so I bought what they had. It is styrofoam, no fan, with an automatic egg turner. I need to get a hydrometer to measure the humidity and will do that today. Until I do that should I just check and refill the water resevoir today when I candle the eggs?
Thanks
Shannon