Hello from Mexico City. Very high altitude +8,600ft!!

[Burnt Brass Homestead]

Hi @Alex Franco

Welcome!

 

[N F C]

Hi Alex, hope you can get the incubation issues resolved. Thanks for joining us!

 

[janiedoe]

Welcome to BYC, Alex.

 

[007Sean]

Howdy, Alex and Welcome to Backyard Chickens.

Happy to have you here with us. Enjoy your time here at BYC!

Thanks for joining our community!

 

[Lovely Lettie]

Welcome to BYC! Nice to meet you

 

[swampfox440]

Welcome to BYC! pleased to meet you.

 

[Blue Raptor]

Hi everyone, my name is Alex, I lilve in Mexico City where I incubate most of my eggs. I live at 2,600m above sea level (8,600ft) and have a free range chicken flock of around 100 birds. I keep Black Copper Marans, White Leghorns, Blue Laced Red Wyandottes, Black Ameraucana, regular and Silver Double Laced Barnevelders, Cream Legbars and a few other miscelaneous.
I use two incubators, both manufactured by Brinsea: Ova-Easy 190 and Zoologica 28. I've had terrible luck with both incubators and they are being shipped back as I write this. The first one couldn't keep the temperature steady and the second one is unreliable. Probably the thermostat stopped working and it cools to 73°F and then heats up to 125°F killing everything inside.
I check temperature with very accurate (0.1°C) thermometers and weigh eggs every 4th day to adjust humidity for a 12% egg weight loss.
Will start suplemental oxygen when I receive the replaced incubators to find out if that increases hatchability.

Welcome back into BYC!!

 

[Boppo]

Con much gusto, Alex. I am so sorry you are having troubles with incubators. Brinsea has a good reputation and I wonder if you got a bad one. Two Crows above gives excellent tips. Best wishes with your incubation and all things chicken!

 

[Kiki]

Welcome Alex.
Get yourself one or 3 of these:
Govee Hygrometer Thermometer H5100, Mini Bluetooth Temperature Humidity Sensor with APP Notification Alert, 2 Years Free Data Storage Export, 230 Feet Connecting Range https://a.co/d/1Oa7WJA

Never trust the built in reading on any incubator

 

[Debbie292d]

Welcome Alex.
Get yourself one or 3 of these:
Govee Hygrometer Thermometer H5100, Mini Bluetooth Temperature Humidity Sensor with APP Notification Alert, 2 Years Free Data Storage Export, 230 Feet Connecting Range https://a.co/d/1Oa7WJA

Never trust the built in reading on any incubator

I second this. I have two Govees. Different models from this one, and different from each other. I just love Govee!