Incubator has uneven temperatures

[ChloeSilkie08]

I got the Magicfly 10 Egg semi-automatic incubator for Christmas and I've finally figured out why my hatch was bad. The temps are uneven in the incubator! I found a thermometer that would fit in my incubator and put it in different spots and all were .5 to a whole degree different. How do you fix this?

 

[Berryworm]

I don't know your incubator, but insulation can help, and round incubators as well, as the air flows better

 

[ChloeSilkie08]

I don't know your incubator, but insulation can help, and round incubators as well, as the air flows better

Like putting a towel or something over it?

 

[jher77]

I don't see how it's possible the temp can be much different in that little incubator. A half degree isn't going to make your hatch suck unless the temp is wrong. Sounds like your problem lies elsewhere.

 

[ChloeSilkie08]

I don't see how it's possible the temp can be much different in that little incubator. A half degree isn't going to make your hatch suck unless the temp is wrong. Sounds like your problem lies elsewhere.

Where would it be?

 

[jher77]

1) Did you calibrate your thermometer?

2) What temp did you incubate at?

3) Did you calibrate your hygrometer?

4) What humidity did you use until day 18?

5) What humidity did you use after day 18?

6) Is a vent open?

7) Did you manually turn the eggs 3-5 times per day?

8) Did you candle the eggs or keep track of their weight?

 

[ChloeSilkie08]

1) Did you calibrate your thermometer?

2) What temp did you incubate at?

3) Did you calibrate your hygrometer?

4) What humidity did you use until day 18?

5) What humidity did you use after day 18?

6) Is a vent open?

7) Did you manually turn the eggs 3-5 times per day?

8) Did you candle the eggs or keep track of their weight?

I do all of that except the humidity because I don't have a hygrometer yet.

 

[jher77]

Did the thermometer you put in there agree with the thermometer on the incubator?
Which thermometer did you put in there?

 

[ChloeSilkie08]

Did the thermometer you put in there agree with the thermometer on the incubator?
Which thermometer did you put in there?

It doesn't agree but I know for a fact that the one I put in there was an accurate one.

 

[JaeG]

My incubator can differ in temperature by a whole degree Celsius and my hatches are still great. Rearranging the eggs daily helps to even everything out. I hand turn so this is easy to remember to do. Having your incubator full of eggs also stabilises the temperature so an empty incubator will read a different temperature to a full one. Remember to read the temperature at the level at which the yolk is sitting (this depends on if you incubate with the eggs upright or laying down).

My incubator gets wrapped in a blanket, leaving the vents at the top exposed, to prevent changes to the ambient air temperature having too much impact on the temperature inside the incubator.

Were your eggs shipped, or bought from someone local, or your own? Fertility will be reduced in winter and shipping can be very rough on eggs. I've had very low hatch rates from shipped eggs, though I tried another batch from the same place and those ones must've had a more gentle trip as I had a great hatch rate second time around.