INCUBATING w/FRIENDS! w/Sally Sunshine Shipped Eggs No problem!

[kwhites634]

Hi everyone. I have a question about one of my incubators. It's a hovabator still air. I got it brand new and brought it home and turned it on for a dry run. I cannot get the temp to stay the same. It's either too hot or to cold it does not matter how little or how much I adjust the thermostat knob. It sucks. Does anyone have experience with this? I'm going to put a fan in to circulate the air to see if that helps. Do you think I have a defective incubator?

Probably not defective. I have an older Hovabator with a fan, and I have a similar problem, just not as bad. The thermostats they use are notoriously touchy. Mine does very well once I find that "sweet spot"

 

[kwhites634]

Our new addition, Coco. Our first duckling. She's doing good keeping Mira company

Good mornining, Earlybird

 

[kwhites634]

Quote: 'Mornin', Miss Bubbles

 

[BantyChooks]

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'Mornin', Miss Bubbles 

Good morning!

 

[ChickenCanoe]

We learned that lesson the hard way, with a meat bird rooster(s) dying from the heat here. They apparently wouldn't drink water when it was hot, and we weren't prepared for their reaction to the heat. (They were given to us.)

After a little research, I got EE, and small breeds, that do better in the heat. Not the worlds best layers, but hopefully with "enough" of them to lay eggs, we'll have enough for our family to eat and have around.

Our one Rhode Island Red hen does okay, but she really suffers in the heat compared to our bantam and cochins.

Try some of the Mediterranean breeds, they lay very well and are much better in heat than American, English and Continental breeds.
My favorites are Penedesencas, Minorcas and Anconas. Leghorns, Catalanas and Spanish are good choices too.

 

[campingshaws]

I'm going to take a tally what kind of fish do you think I should get

Guppies! Easy to keep and they have live babies! I used to watch them for hours.

 

[kwhites634]

Quote: x2...make sure you have plenty of plants for the babies to hide in, either live plants or artificial. Live ones help oxygenate the water, but are messy.

 

[kwhites634]

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Good morning, Sir

 

[kwhites634]

@Pensmaster
Howdy!
Hope you've sufficiently recovered from yesterday's unplanned adventure and don't have to go back in.

Got another question for you:
I'm going to need more nails for the nailer soon. Do you prefer one brand over another for 3" nails?
I just ordered 1,000 21* Hitachi's

 

[BantyChooks]

Try some of the Mediterranean breeds, they lay very well and are much better in heat than American, English and Continental breeds.
My favorites are Penedesencas, Minorcas and Anconas. Leghorns, Catalanas and Spanish are good choices too.

X2..... Had white leghorns, I loved them. Woulda gotten more 'cept the feed store was always outa em whenever I went into town.

If you want heat tolerant, get OEGB... Mine start complaining about cold when it gets into the sixties!
They're happy as clams in hot weather....



ETA: I thought EE were best for cold climates?? @kajira

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