horrific hatch, brinsea oct 20, what went wrong?

[dsqard]

Speaking of cleaning the Brinsea Octagon bators. If you have submerged the yellow bottom, you need to take it apart and clean the foam that is used as insulation. I figured this out after my last hatch. I knew water had gotten into the bottom so I took it apart and noticed rust and black spots on the foam. I soaked the foam in bleach water and then dried it really well then put it all back together again. The manual tells you not to submerge the bottom but I didn't read that part.

 

[KC n KY]

I just hatched 17/20 fertile eggs in my brinsea oct 20. Only thing is, they were supposed to arrive Wednesday, so lockdown was on Sunday. As I was preping the eggs for lockdown and getting ready to candle them, I noticed that 2 eggs had pipped and one was cheeping at me. I quickly closed the top after I got the humididty up and still had a great hatch. Dont give up to soon.

 

[spish]

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nope all locally picked up by myself

 

[spish]

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oh. that could be it. the last hatch was a dusty poopy mess and i submerged the yellow bottom when washing it...... i shall have to check that foam!!!!
is it easy to open the bottom up?

 

[dsqard]

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Yes very easy. Four screws and you can get it apart. After my next hatch is done I am going to take it apart again to get the bottom clean without getting the foam wet.

 

[perolane]

Are you sure your temp is reading correctly? Not familiar with Brinsea, but these types of deformities are usually caused by too high temps during incubation.