Well I just lost all 44 of my chicks in my incubator due to a defective thermostat/hygrometer... I have 2 of the same brands, 1 in the incubator and 1 in the brooder pen and come to find out the one in my incubator is 19 degrees off! I wrote the company a lovely lil letter about their product and will let you know they reply I get from them. It just really erks me that both of these were brand new products and the bad one ends up being the one in the incubator!!! I guess next time I will put a secondary therm/hygro it my incubator as a second opinion!
Stumper, I am so sorry! What a stinky rotten thing to have happen - I hope the very LEAST the company will do, besides apologize profusely, is to send you another one or two . . . .were they your own eggs or did you buy them?
Quote:I purchased them here locally from a very good breeder... I just feel like I have been robbed of the last 3 weeks! Grrrrr..
Stumper, I'm sorry you had such a bad experience. How did you determine you had a bad thermometer and what brand is it? Thanks, Ed
Acu*rite is the brand and I took 2 identical thermo/hydros and they read the same and the one in the bator was 19 degrees difference.
I always have two in the incubator for just this reason. It's also a good idea to put new batteries in fairly frequently.
I'm not going to search for them, but there are ways to calibrate thermometers and hygrometers on this forum. I recommend calibration and a back-up to let you know when something is wrong. It is a hard lesson for you and I am sorry it happened to you. Next time you are at a place that sells thermometers, take a look at a few. They should all read the same, but it is surprising how far off some of them will be.
