I don't have an incubator, but hope to hatch a couple ducklings.

[My15Ducks]

I have been confused about this, what is the egg turning like on the first few days? Do I let them be auto turned? Do I manually do it? What's the better thing to do, I can never find a clear answer.

I’ll reply more later, but you can let it auto turn.

 

[My15Ducks]

I have a fish tank thermo and have heard fish tank thermos are really treatable, but how do I put it in the incubator? I really don't like that according to the other thermos in my incubator are saying temps are 98.7-97.8 °F I want it in the 99.0 range at the very least. The incubator is saying it's higher, I think. I am a little unsure of how this incubator works in that aspect.

I don't wanna worry that the eggs are not warm enough the whole day.

You can also put a oral mercury thermometer in the incubator for a few minutes. Those are pretty accurate. I put the thermometers on top of something in the incubator so it’s at egg height

 

[AngelinaThePekin8]

You can also put a oral mercury thermometer in the incubator for a few minutes. Those are pretty accurate. I put the thermometers on top of something in the incubator so it’s at egg height

I don't have any oral thermometers I believe. What do you usually use to raise the thermometers? I am going to put my aquarium thermometer in some ice to see how well it works.

 

[My15Ducks]

I don't have any oral thermometers I believe. What do you usually use to raise the thermometers? I am going to put my aquarium thermometer in some ice to see how well it works.

I set my thermometer on a tiny paper box that was just the right height.

 

[My15Ducks]

I put the eggs in at around 10:00 PM last night. I didn't realize the water tower definitely wouldn't be needed so I had fun with getting RH suitable. I didn't have time to calibrate any of my hygrometers or Thermometers but the incubator is saying temps are at 37.7-38.0 °C and my 2 temp and humidity things in the incubator are staying around 56-60 RH (after I got most of the water I could out) and one of the things is often saying temps are 98.7°F and the other is 97.8°F. I cant seem to adjust the incubator either. It had very sad instructions when it came to that.

Starting think that other one I was looking at would have been better, but this one had better reviews, tho I think it was the other version I bet.

This incubator has no ventilation on the lid, the only thing that could count is the spot for the water tower to attach, I have it disconnected from it, as it's not needed. I am leaving the incubator lid in touched today as I am pretty sure I am not supposed to mess with it much the first few days?

98 and 97 °F around there should be okay, right? I am not sure how accurate the things are either. The egg Turner is working, turns every 2 hours.

Yeah 98 & 97 are too low. Hopefully you can get your aquarium thermometer calibrated and get an accurate idea of the temperature soon.

As for the altitude, I don’t know anything about that. What’s your elevation?

 

[AngelinaThePekin8]

Yeah 98 & 97 are too low. Hopefully you can get your aquarium thermometer calibrated and get an accurate idea of the temperature soon.

As for the altitude, I don’t know anything about that. What’s your elevation?

I believe around 7,000 feet above sea level?
The ice I had available didn't work how I wanted it, the aquarium Thermometer reads heat well, and it read 60°F in the cold water. And got to 100°F in the hot water. It has been in the incubator and reading same temps as the digital thermometers, I will turn the heat setting up to 38.3 °C on the bator again, it was set to that once yesterday but I felt it was to high. I am trying not to micromanage it, but it's hard not to do.

 

[My15Ducks]

I believe around 7,000 feet above sea level?
The ice I had available didn't work how I wanted it, the aquarium Thermometer reads heat well, and it read 60°F in the cold water. And got to 100°F in the hot water. It has been in the incubator and reading same temps as the digital thermometers, I will turn the heat setting up to 38.3 °C on the bator again, it was set to that once yesterday but I felt it was to high. I am trying not to micromanage it, but it's hard not to do.

Yeah if all the thermometers are saying it’s too cold I would raise the temp

 

[AngelinaThePekin8]

Yeah if all the thermometers are saying it’s too cold I would raise the temp

I raised it back to 38.3°C, it's having trouble keeping heat? Ugh, this is hard.

I need to find something to raise my thermometers at least one, hmm. To add humidity I have been using a syringe of warm water and put it in that hole for the water tower, it is a nice controlled way of adding it.

 

[My15Ducks]

What

I raised it back to 38.3°C, it's having trouble keeping heat? Ugh, this is hard.

I need to find something to raise my thermometers at least one, hmm. To add humidity I have been using a syringe of warm water and put it in that hole for the water tower, it is a nice controlled way of adding it.

about setting the thermometer on a lego? I think that would be the right height. Or something similar

 

[My15Ducks]

I used a Govee thermometer and the mercury thermometer. The govee was pretty accurate