Help, Lockdown trouble!?

[sevenchickens]

Having never adjusted the temp ever, on any incubator, am I better off just leaving it "close enough"?

 

[debilorrah]

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In a perfect world you want it at least 99.5 which it will probably reach on its own. What bator?

 

[sevenchickens]

Hovabator Genesis 1588

 

[debilorrah]

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You can adjust it if necessary - just post for someone that has one on how to. But let it sit for a good while.

 

[sevenchickens]

Okay, thank you, I'll try to breathe!

 

[debilorrah]

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It is NOT easy! Sit on your hands.

 

[adoptedbyachicken]

a tad cool is better than too hot. Cool will only delay your hatch a bit, hot might kill them. Personally I'd not adjust it and go to bed. If it has been correct to this point messing with it now is a bad idea. Check it in the morning.

There is also the posibility that the thermometer is the one that's wrong.

Near the end of hatching the birds are starting to create their own heat so less reliant on the bator. Also easier to overheat them.