Does "Periodic Cooling" cause a later hatch? Anyone with experience?

[wjmccoy]

I used the cooling option on my Brinsea Octogon Advance for 2 hours a day and am wondering if that usually results in a later hatch? I'm surprised I haven't been able to find many threads about periodic cooling, I just followed the instruction in my booklet that suggested it. It must be a new idea in hatching or others haven't been happy with the outcome! Hoping the former is true.

 

[cashdl]

I don't have any idea but will say that a hen gets off the nest every day to eat and go potty and that can be considered a cooling off period. Let us know how it works out for you. I havn't seen any threads about it either.

Lanae

 

[aoxa]

http://www.epsaegypt.com/pdf/2011_june/15- 1271.pdf

Found this off of the Brinsea site

http://www.brinsea.com/cooling.html

I really don't know, but mine are candled every other day and exposed to a temperature cooling period during that time. Only two died early incubation and four were infertile.

 

[wjmccoy]

http://www.epsaegypt.com/pdf/2011_june/15- 1271.pdf
Found this off of the Brinsea site

http://www.brinsea.com/cooling.html
I really don't know, but mine are candled every other day and exposed to a temperature cooling period during that time. Only two died early incubation and four were infertile.

I may need a second cup of coffee to make it through that 1st link! Pretty technical, but according to the Brinsea reader's digest link you can expect an additional 2.5% eggs to hatch using the cooling method. I'm really surprised more haven't tried it yet and a little nervous to be treading on new ground. I'll let you know how it goes, locked down yesterday, no noise yet today. Everyone's posts about losing electricity causing late hatch's is making me think that's what I'm in store for. At least if I expect it I won't panic!

 

[Sphinx]

My incubator is old enough that it's not a feature.

But, seeing their evidence just makes me think that it's GOOD for me to be candling the eggs because that's cooling, right? Ha ha ha!

 

[aoxa]

My incubator is old enough that it's not a feature.

But, seeing their evidence just makes me think that it's GOOD for me to be candling the eggs because that's cooling, right?  Ha ha ha!

Same here. I have a brand new incubator and it is not an option. The Brinsea is advanced and expensive. That's probably why it has that feature.

 

[Sphinx]

Well, I have a Brinsea Mini Advance, but it's a couple years old, and this cooling feature is relatively recent.


I'll just see their cooling thing as proof that I need to candle eggs, and that it's not at all obsessive.