First, Second, Third and on and on Incubator hatch help appreciated

[WVduckchick]

You could try an ice bath with it. fill a cup with ice and water, mostly ice. Just enough water to make it sloshy. Should be right around 32 degrees. Or boiling water. I don't know of another test that is near incubation temps, maybe someone else does, and i just haven't seen it.

Can't wait to see how these eggs do for you!

Do you have any local eggs you could use as a "control"?

 

[aart]

You could try an ice bath with it. fill a cup with ice and water, mostly ice. Just enough water to make it sloshy. Should be right around 32 degrees. Or boiling water. I don't know of another test that is near incubation temps, maybe someone else does, and i just haven't seen it.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...help-appreciated.1196326/page-6#post-18990039

https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...help-appreciated.1196326/page-7#post-18990737

 

[WVduckchick]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...help-appreciated.1196326/page-6#post-18990039

https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...help-appreciated.1196326/page-7#post-18990737

I was thinking something a little more scientific (like salt slurry is scientifically 75% relative humidity, water boils at 212 degrees, etc, etc), but your ways work, so I guess that's good enough!

 

[aart]

I was thinking something a little more scientific (like salt slurry is scientifically 75% relative humidity, water boils at 212 degrees, etc, etc), but your ways work, so I guess that's good enough!

IKR?
Ice and boiling(which is actually 211 at my elevation) work great but finding a good therm with that range can be tough. Using the human therm as a standard makes the most sense to me as the calibration is certified in a very small range very close to incubation temps.

 

[ScottandSam]

Checked new thermometers with one digital and one oral and candy thermometer in 100 degree water. I figured new thermometer +/- ,2 degrees F. I can live with that. So bators reading .5 degrees higher than themometer. So I set incubator at 100.5 and the thermometer reads 100.0. So correct me if I'm wrong . I think we are starting day one at 100 F. Worst case 99.8 or 100.2. Which either are acceptable? Or should I shoot for higher?

Some reason I'm trying a little extra insulation for the plastic case. Room it's in does stay pretty constant. So not sure this will help but figured it can't hurt.

Scott

 

[ScottandSam]

So here is one possibility of what could hatch out of the 18 eggs from one source...................................

Scott

 

[DwayneNLiz]

Checked new thermometers with one digital and one oral and candy thermometer in 100 degree water. I figured new thermometer +/- ,2 degrees F. I can live with that. So bators reading .5 degrees higher than themometer. So I set incubator at 100.5 and the thermometer reads 100.0. So correct me if I'm wrong . I think we are starting day one at 100 F. Worst case 99.8 or 100.2. Which either are acceptable? Or should I shoot for higher?
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Some reason I'm trying a little extra insulation for the plastic case. Room it's in does stay pretty constant. So not sure this will help but figured it can't hurt.

Scott

sounds good, just make sure not to block the vents

 

[ScottandSam]

Ok no vents blocked. Out of respect I was asked to only post the picture from sweet chicken homestead for 3-4 days then delete. Hedi has had the pictures stolen before.
I will get some picture of the 1st hatch up very soon.
Scott

 

[ScottandSam]

Day 1 almost over and we are already nervous . Lol . Something about incubating just does that every time. Lol..
We are contemplating using Styrofoam egg carton at day 18 to set the eggs upright. Samantha read somewhere where a lady swore by them and was having almost 100% hatches with shipped eggs since she started doing it that way. Sam actually had them set up that way on our first hatch but I got nervous that we would not see if one piped the wrong end so I took them out.
Any thoughts on that?

Scott

 

[aart]

I've tried to egg carton thing...you've got to cut away a lot of the carton to preserve air flow...and you're correct, you can miss low pips. I found it to be too restrictive, thinks they need to be able to roll the egg a bit to get out sometimes.