Incubator Trouble

[mdees88]

If your thermometer checks out then it's good... you don't "need" another one. I have a bunch because I like to check my Temps from top to bottom in my cabinet incubator and I use them to check my brooders too. But out of all the ones I've used the thermopro is my favorite....

 

[cmom]

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[cmom]

I have put thermometers on each tray too to check the temperatures at the different levels of my cabinet. I had it in our apartment but we had company so I had to move it out into the garage. Many years ago I converted it from a wafer thermostat to an electronic and I have a digital thermometer mounted on the side of the incubator.

 

[mdees88]

Yeah, both mine have electronic thermostats with back up wafers.... I'm going to buy an acrylic door for my other one and use it as a hatcher someday.... the acrylic door is where it's at

 

[Shadow Source]

If your thermometer checks out then it's good... you don't "need" another one. I have a bunch because I like to check my Temps from top to bottom in my cabinet incubator and I use them to check my brooders too. But out of all the ones I've used the thermopro is my favorite....
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I will still buy a few digital thermometers
Thanks you have a good setup

 

[Shadow Source]

Two of my eggs hatched. And one died 2-3 days before hatch day. And another one died 4-5 days before hatch. Very bummed. The two that made it were a leg horn and a Americana. The leg horn made me worried because the belly button was a little black. But it seems to have healed up. And the americana is fine. I had seven eggs that I had in the incubator. I am starting another batch in a few days. I looked at the egg Turner and it looks like it is not doing it's job. So I will leave the egg Turner in because it turns the eggs twice a day, but I am going to turn my eggs every morning and night. So they will turn 4 times a day. And if I am gone for a few days, there will still be move ment. If you have any suggestions on what to do with my next batch, I will take them. Maybe my next batch will be better. Still very number of this next batch does not do good i am going to stop incubating eggs for this year.

 

[RWise]

I am testing a theory, in my records no egg placed in the hovabator that is less than 7 days old has ever hatched, they all died in the last day or so. I am on day 21, no fresh eggs went in, all are at least 7 days old when heat was applied. Each egg has a date on it.