having a little bit of trouble with my hovabator

[sloallie10]

So, I am borrowing a hova bator styrofoam incubator from my friends. Last night i set it up and the temp was pretty steady at 99.5. I let it run over night and I woke up and it was at 99.5. This morning i put in the eggs. Little did I know that whenever i check it it is usually at 99.5 but sometimes when i check it it is at like 101, or 102. and it is really bugging me! It will go uppp, then go downnn, so what do i do? should this concern me?
thanks so much guys!

 

[hinkjc]

Does this incubator have a fan? If not, then I would not worry about it at all, as the temp should around 101. If there is a fan, then it should hold around 99.5-100. I typically don't make any adjustments after I set eggs for a full 24 hours (unless it goes really crazy, which means I bumped something). I would leave it and see how things look after a full day of having time to adjust on its own.

 

[sloallie10]

Yea, it does have a fan...

 

[sloallie10]

any help? it is still doing this!!

 

[Cindiloohoo]

Do you have the thermometer on top of the eggs now? If you had it on the bottom of the bator and then put it on the top of the eggs and got an increase...nothing has changed other than placement of the thermometer. It should be showing higher temps on top of the eggs and sounds as if it is just adjusting.

 

[sloallie10]

yes, it has been on top of the eggs this whole time. Do you think i should do anything??

 

[Jessiewoodard57]

Any adjustment you make do it real small and let it stablize then recheck it a few hours later.

 

[sloallie10]

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Thats the problem. Im not adjusting it and it still goes up and down!

 

[rebelcowboysnb]

Don't worry. It will take time for the eggs to warm up an stabilize. An if it still does that remember that's the temp of the air, the eggs change temp very slowly an will stay pretty stable.

 

[sloallie10]

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Ok! thank you
should i worry if this goes on, and keeps going on?