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[chicken pickin]

My cooler bator is reading at 3 different temps. 100 at the bottom, 102 in the middle and 104 at the top. What should I do to even out the temps? I was thinking of enlarging the vent hole on the bottom of the cooler to help air circulate better, not sure if that is what I need to do though.

 

[Yiannisk]

you can use a lower power supply to slow it down and you do not have to worry for anything

 

[J2Jonner]

Subscribed, Looking into a coolerbator design for a hatcher..great stuff in this thread! Thanks!

 

[chicken pickin]

you can use a lower power supply to slow it down and you do not have to worry for anything

I did lower the bulb wattage significantly and the temps stay the same at each level, which is why I am thinking the air isn't circulating enough to make the heat even through out. But I am new at the cooler bator so Im not too sure.

 

[Yiannisk]

I did lower the bulb wattage significantly and the temps stay the same at each level, which is why I am thinking the air isn't circulating enough to make the heat even through out. But I am new at the cooler bator so Im not too sure.

I think there is a misunderstanding my unswer was for dheltzel
sorry

And you are right your problem is air circulation

 

[Sally Sunshine]

My cooler bator is reading at 3 different temps. 100 at the bottom, 102 in the middle and 104 at the top. What should I do to even out the temps? I was thinking of enlarging the vent hole on the bottom of the cooler to help air circulate better, not sure if that is what I need to do though.

where are your vent hole locationss and the sizes?

 

[chicken pickin]

I think there is a misunderstanding my unswer was for dheltzel
sorry

And you are right your problem is air circulation

Oops sorry!

 

[chicken pickin]

where are your vent hole locationss and the sizes?

exactly the same as yours.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Quote: I threw a few candling links in the hatching 101 article in the candle section as well as the What went wrong section their are breakout analysis to help you guess at what could go wrong too!

I move them about 2x a week in my coolers, and in the cabinet I do it 1x week although maybe I should do more often as I had two chicks late in both of my last hatches which makes me think I have a cool spot in a corner or something, the brinsea spot check has been fairly a pain in the butt trying to use to check where my issue is, since I have to open the bator I have to wait until its back to temps to check that location before I move to another. plus balancing the spot check while I try to do this is a pain too, it needs a hook on it so I can hang on the trays lol

Sites to refer to for Candling Images and Videos

Progression Though Incubation
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/261876/chicks-are-here-egg-candling-pics-progression-though-incubation

Great pics of CANDLING and good and bad eggs.......
http://animalscience.ucdavis.edu/Avian/pfs32.htm

Metzer Candling :
http://www.metzerfarms.com/Candling.cfm

Development of a Chick:
http://chat.allotment.org.uk/index.php?topic=73884.0

Candling Pics:
http://shilala.homestead.com/candling.html

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Clears at CANDLE are not always infertile!
READ: http://www.aviagen.com/assets/Tech_Center/BB_Resources_Tools/Hatchery_How_Tos/04HowTo4-IdentifyInfertileEggsandEarlyDeads.pdf



CANDLES AND EGGTOPSY

Porous Egg



TINY Sappy spots possibly due to Rough Shipment of EGGS
Pic on right is same egg, as you can see scrambled.







Day 11 candle funky air cells from shipped eggs.
BLOOD RINGS clearly visible on light polish eggs




Saddle Shaped Air cell, where it dips on two sides
BLOOD RINGS clearly visible on light polish eggs



Note the pictures below on day 10
The two on the right have “scrambled” contents from shipping
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What Went Wrong During Incubation


Why break out and analyse hatch debris?
http://www.aviagen.com/assets/Tech_Center/BB_Resources_Tools/Hatchery_How_Tos/05HowTo5-BreakOutandAnalyseHatchDebris.pdf
Procedure for breaking out hatch debris
Common MalPositions IMAGES
HOW to Analyze
Possible causes of Hatch Debris Embryo Mortality


Trouble Shooting Failures with Egg Incubation
http://msucares.com/poultry/reproductions/trouble.html

Hatchability Problem Analysis
http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00008570/00001

Troubleshootting Incubation
http://anrcatalog.ucdavis.edu/pdf/8127.pdf

This is also a great pdf with pics: paste link in browser search:
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=early%20emrbyo%20death%20%20incubation&source=web&cd=4&cad=rja&ved=0CDsQFjAD&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thepoultrysite.com%2Fdownloads%2Fdownload%2F171%2F&ei=UllaUMXFHsmrygGnjoHICw&usg=AFQjCNGgYxCBYwBex31MS5w2McdnpH1zbw

Eggtopsy: What happened to my egg?
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/363717/eggtopsy-what-happened-to-my-egg-graphic-pictures​

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"Shrink wrap" vs. "Sticky chick"?
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/491421/shrink-wrap-vs-sticky-chick#post_6242987​

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Quote: The very top ones I have drilled in mine near the light sockets, those are sealed with tape, I only had them drilled if needed during hatching.

try that, otherwise you need to mess with your vent and shelf size in the bottom, thats why I said it took me forever to get it right, and I made adjustments before I permanently installed the bottom shelf. I also have the top hole on the left side sealed with tape. I would use duct tape and add it to your return vent and just start by making it half inch smaller on each side, and then see what difference that makes. your sure your back vent is sealed very well?