I have a hovabator still air incubator - the styrofoam thing with the wafer for a thermostat.
I've not been having problems with the temps at all. I've been watching closely and adjusting, and the past two days, it has been perfect, right on the mark.
I got up early this morning and turned the eggs before leaving to go do laundry. I admit i didn't look at the temp this morning because it was dark. But when i got back a couple of hours later and checked the temps, it was down 4 degrees, and the light was on like it was still warming. I checked around to make sure the lid wasn't caught on anything (it wasn't) and jiggled the thermostat thing a little just in case something was amuck there. I left it for a few more minutes and the light finally went off, but the temperature was still low. So i turned it up.
Here's my question i guess, since i don't really understand the mechanics of the wafer doolihopper.
Does my lifting the lid off and on to turn the eggs mess up the mechanics of the thermostat? I don't understand why temp would be perfect for several days and then suddenly low, without having adjusted the thermostat.
Also, yesterday i candled and then removed 3 eggs (total down to 45). Could the removal of 3 eggs affect the temps that much?
Thanks for any enlightenment. This is my first time.
I've not been having problems with the temps at all. I've been watching closely and adjusting, and the past two days, it has been perfect, right on the mark.
I got up early this morning and turned the eggs before leaving to go do laundry. I admit i didn't look at the temp this morning because it was dark. But when i got back a couple of hours later and checked the temps, it was down 4 degrees, and the light was on like it was still warming. I checked around to make sure the lid wasn't caught on anything (it wasn't) and jiggled the thermostat thing a little just in case something was amuck there. I left it for a few more minutes and the light finally went off, but the temperature was still low. So i turned it up.
Here's my question i guess, since i don't really understand the mechanics of the wafer doolihopper.
Does my lifting the lid off and on to turn the eggs mess up the mechanics of the thermostat? I don't understand why temp would be perfect for several days and then suddenly low, without having adjusted the thermostat.
Also, yesterday i candled and then removed 3 eggs (total down to 45). Could the removal of 3 eggs affect the temps that much?
Thanks for any enlightenment. This is my first time.
