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So after my last attempt to hatch quail, I contacted the hatchery and they agreed to send me more eggs at no charge. They also asked that when they contact me on shipping the eggs, that I need to go to the local post office and speak with the Postmaster about holding my eggs and not letting the normal route carrier deliver them. For those who do not know the whole story, the mailman placed my eggs vertically in my mailbox where they sat for 7 hours.
Additionally, I've went to the local tractor supply store and picked up 2 thermometers leftover from their Chick Days sale. All together, I "had" 5 thermometers that I put into the incubator. Without turning on the power, withing 10 minutes or so, all but one of my thermometers inside the incubator read 70 degrees. I threw away the one that was different. So far, so good. I turned on the incubator, and within twenty-five minutes, each thermometer read 99 degrees. Since I don't believe the hatchery will be sending eggs this week, I will put the automatic egg turner in and check it for fluctuations in temperature, and put a small bowl with water in it to raise the humidity. I also fugure that since I won't be hatching 120 eggs, I will take out several of the rails on both sides and prepare to place the eggs directly into the center of the incubator. I'm thinking that I may keep this as my "pre-hatching" SOP so things will run smoothly.
I'm still at a loss of words on how during the hatch, no 2 thermometers read the same, but now with no eggs in the incubator, I have 4 that read the same temp.
Additionally, I've went to the local tractor supply store and picked up 2 thermometers leftover from their Chick Days sale. All together, I "had" 5 thermometers that I put into the incubator. Without turning on the power, withing 10 minutes or so, all but one of my thermometers inside the incubator read 70 degrees. I threw away the one that was different. So far, so good. I turned on the incubator, and within twenty-five minutes, each thermometer read 99 degrees. Since I don't believe the hatchery will be sending eggs this week, I will put the automatic egg turner in and check it for fluctuations in temperature, and put a small bowl with water in it to raise the humidity. I also fugure that since I won't be hatching 120 eggs, I will take out several of the rails on both sides and prepare to place the eggs directly into the center of the incubator. I'm thinking that I may keep this as my "pre-hatching" SOP so things will run smoothly.
I'm still at a loss of words on how during the hatch, no 2 thermometers read the same, but now with no eggs in the incubator, I have 4 that read the same temp.
