Incubator and room temperature issues.

[australorp_breeder]

I have a still air Hova-Bator incubator. I was planning on sticking some eggs in it in ten minutes, but I noticed the temperature in it dropped! I turned it on 12 hours ago last night and got the temperature to 100. This morning I woke up and the temperature is 98. Do you think the temperature dropped because my house gets colder at night?

Oh and yesterday when starting the incubator it said to fill the bottom trough up with warm water. I just looked and it's half full. Should I fill it up? I know it said twice a week you should, or something like that. I also have a few questions for those of that have used it -

1) It says fill up the middle trough for hatching. Does that mean both of the middle ones? There's a dead center one, and one surrounding the center.

2) Twice a week when I fill up the trough(s), do I put normal water or warm water?

3) Will it hurt the eggs if I continually adjust the temperature?

 

[rebelcowboysnb]

Read this on still air incubators.
http://cmfarm.us/stillair.html
They need to me in a room that stays the same temp.




The directions that came with the incubator about water probably wont work. There is lots of vereables involved in humidity so it would help if you had a local to help you there.

I use no water for the first 18 days an about 75% humidity the last 3 days.
Some use 35% 1-18 an 65% 19, 20 an 21
Others use 55% the whole time.
An many other setups. All work somewhere an don't work others.

 

[australorp_breeder]

Thank you. I found out I read some of it wrong. I just have to fill the dead center trough with water and not the outer trough until 3 days before hatching.