Help, new to forum have incubator issues

[Dewolf]

Hello,

Ok I know I am over thinking this but please help me think straight.....

We received our 36 eggs

We had rented an incubator from a local Poultry dealer and it just seams to be undependable with the temp. I can't seam to keep it above 101, it keeps going down to 97-98. Also if I rotate it takes it all day to get its temp up. We went out and bought a new one with egg rotator and have been regulating it so we can switch eggs over. Of course I have passed the point of worry so now I think I am worrying about to much. The temp thermometer that came with it I have positioned at what would be the top of the eggs ( once there in) and it seams to be holding at the 101.5 range. however the other thermometer that is digital I have sitting on the tray and it is reading 97 should they be so different, I would expect maybe a two degree. Just to make things worse I stuck a regular temp thermometer in the hole and they keep reading 103.....I know this is close to the top and I do expect some difference but it seams so wide a spread.
Should I only worry about the regular one in the middle?

I know I am over thinking this but yes, I am a worried first time eggy mom

 

[mnferalkitty]

is it a still air or circulated air incubator? I have always run still air and circulated air at about 99 degrees. I would go with the thermometer that came with the incubator, just stop using the others then you won't have to worry

. In my opinion it is high temps that do eggs in so once you have the temp at about 99 degrees don't fool with it any more. A couple degree lower temp isn't that bad for eggs it just delays hatching but a higher temp will do them in. I don't know what you mean by egg rotator and switchig eggs over so I can't help you there.

 

[Dewolf]

Thank you, I figured I was complicating things. The new one is a still air little giant, the new one has an egg rotator so I don't have to keep bugging the eggs. It takes a while to rotate 36 eggs and all the heat gets out.

 

[mnferalkitty]

Ok now I understand rotator = egg turner