Hovabator 1588 with egg turner question before I start

[Mac22]

Thank you for your input. Basically what I am learning is it is both an exact science and an inexact science all at the same time! I have unplugged, plugged, increased water, covered water up. I'm on day 2 of incubation now and am going to say a pray and leave it alone till day 18. Thanks to everyone for sharing your sage advice. Much appreciated.

 

[aart]

is your other thermometer calibrated? How about your hygrometer, calibrated?

Definitely worth doing:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...incubator-thermometers-and-hygrometers.73634/

 

[oregonkat]

Definitely worth doing:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...incubator-thermometers-and-hygrometers.73634/

aart, I have just come to accept that the hygrometer that is included in my incubator is wrong, significantly wrong, but if this was the only hygrometer I owned how would I calibrate it as it is attached to the incubator itself?

 

[aart]

but if this was the only hygrometer I owned how would I calibrate it as it is attached to the incubator itself?

Well, you probably can't, unless it's removable like my Incuview's is...
...best to get another one so you can test/calibrate it then compare it to the built in one.

 

[oregonkat]

Well, you probably can't, unless it's removable like my Incuview's is...
...best to get another one so you can test/calibrate it then compare it to the built in one.

Yup, that's what I thought. I actually have two independent and calibrated hygros in my bator at all times but I think it sure would be nice if the cheaper bators came with moderately reliable instruments. There would be a lot less failed hatches.