Okay, I can only report our recent experience. I just incubated 30 Serama eggs in an ancient hova bator, no fan, no turner. I live in the high desert of southern NM and the temps in our locale stay fairly temperate. However we had a couple of days where it cooled off and of course got down right chilly at night,
I noticed that the temps dropped a degree or two over those nights. So, I got a cupful of hot water and poured it carefully over the two sponges I have in the incubator for humidity. (I keep the humidity higher through out incubation because it is incredibly DRY here.) That raises the temps right up as the incubator recovers without having to touch the dial. As the house warms the temp stabilizes and when I check a couple of hours later, voila! It's all good again.
In the afternoon I had trouble in the other direction because that part of the house gets direct afternoon sunlight. The temps would raise a degree or two on hot days...so, I go in and open the incubator lid for 20-30 seconds and the temp falls again and then stabilizes as the sun goes down and the house cools. Silly eh?
Well it works for us! lol I hatched out 24 babies with the rest still in the incubator pipped. I think eggs are incredibly forgiving. Have you ever watched how a broody hen treats them?
Here is a picture of the first of the babies that hatched out on the 16 (it was a staggered hatch).
Good Luck!
I noticed that the temps dropped a degree or two over those nights. So, I got a cupful of hot water and poured it carefully over the two sponges I have in the incubator for humidity. (I keep the humidity higher through out incubation because it is incredibly DRY here.) That raises the temps right up as the incubator recovers without having to touch the dial. As the house warms the temp stabilizes and when I check a couple of hours later, voila! It's all good again.
In the afternoon I had trouble in the other direction because that part of the house gets direct afternoon sunlight. The temps would raise a degree or two on hot days...so, I go in and open the incubator lid for 20-30 seconds and the temp falls again and then stabilizes as the sun goes down and the house cools. Silly eh?
Well it works for us! lol I hatched out 24 babies with the rest still in the incubator pipped. I think eggs are incredibly forgiving. Have you ever watched how a broody hen treats them?
Here is a picture of the first of the babies that hatched out on the 16 (it was a staggered hatch).
Good Luck!
