Incubators Anonymous

[MinnesotaNice]

Hatch day is mid next week I cat wait.

Make sure you post pictures

 

[PD-Riverman]

Hi I need so incubating help do you have to flip the eggs in an automatic incubator PS I am sure I will become an eggaholic

N0, just put them in the turner pointed end down----Make sure the turner is working----by checking the position of the eggs about every 30 minutes for a couple hours. Any other questions---feel free to ask!

 

[Kelsykin]

I may have some Buff Orpington eggs coming next week. Incubator is plugged in and running to get it up to temp. Want to make sure it will get up to temp and maintain the temp. That was the issue with the last hatching. Temp took a nose dive twice.

 

[Faraday40]

I may have some Buff Orpington eggs coming next week. Incubator is plugged in and running to get it up to temp. Want to make sure it will get up to temp and maintain the temp. That was the issue with the last hatching. Temp took a nose dive twice.

When the room temp eggs are 1st added, the incubator temp will go down & take a while to go back up. If you have the space to add a couple water bottles, they may help hold the heat in to avoid big temp swings whenever you open the lid.

The humidity & temp affect each other. The Styrofoam incubators are sensitive to changes in your room's environment. That's why they recommend keeping them away from windows, drafts, etc. Also whenever you add water, try to make it warm (or test using your wrist like a baby's bottle). Too hot or too cold can cause temporary temperature changes.

 

[Kelsykin]

I am not using a Styrofoam incubator and the temp drops were not when the incubator was opened. It was during the last week. We got a cold spell and even with blankets and towels packed on it the incubator could not hold the temp. I had one hatch go bad due to it being unplugged an the last one the temps was dropping no matter what we did. My husband is thinking we may have to relocate it to another room and see if that is the problem. It is currently located in a northern room. Humidity was not a problem. That was staying at 50 to 60 %. The temp kept dropping to 20 C instead of the 37 it should have been.

 

[PD-Riverman]

I am not using a Styrofoam incubator and the temp drops were not when the incubator was opened. It was during the last week. We got a cold spell and even with blankets and towels packed on it the incubator could not hold the temp. I had one hatch go bad due to it being unplugged an the last one the temps was dropping no matter what we did. My husband is thinking we may have to relocate it to another room and see if that is the problem. It is currently located in a northern room. Humidity was not a problem. That was staying at 50 to 60 %. The temp kept dropping to 20 C instead of the 37 it should have been.

What type incubator are you using?

What type thermostat have you got in it that controlls the temp?

What are you using for the heat source in it?

Did you figure out why it dropped to 20C? Thats Cold

 

[Kelsykin]

This is the best I can do as for my incubator, Had to find a picture online of it. I have had wonderful hatches before. I really am thinking it is the room we moved it into. Being I am in NE Wisconsin 20 C is nothing for us to hit.



Even putting my hand inside I can tell it in not an error with the display. I ut another thermometer in it to check for a bit over 24 hours and it read the same as the digital read out.

Maybe I can convince my husband to move it up into the front room where the room stays warmer.

 

[PD-Riverman]

Being I am in NE Wisconsin 20 C is nothing for us to hit.



Even putting my hand inside I can tell it in not an error with the display. I ut another thermometer in it to check for a bit over 24 hours and it read the same as the digital read out.

Maybe I can convince my husband to move it up into the front room where the room stays warmer.

I do not understand this--How cold does your home have to get for the temp in the incubator to drop to 20C???
If my house is 15C---the temp inside my incubator is 37/38C. If these incubators do not have enough heat strips in them to keep the temp at what it needs---something does not sound right with them. If it was outside where the temp was freezing----I could understand them dropping down. ""I"" would add some heat in it----just enough so its original thermostat cycles the original heat on and off. This could be done many ways---like a electric heating pad under it set on low or some small electric bulb like in a electric Christmas candle rigged inside, etc, etc

You can also make a insulated box with some vents to set over it to hold the heat in etc. I am very curious as how low your temp in your home gets to get the incubator down to 20C?

 

[Kelsykin]

Currently the incubator is at 31 C. So that room gets cold even with the rest of the house being much warmer. We have yet to figure out why that room is always so cold. It is currently 73 F outside and the incubator is holding at 31 C which is about 87 F. So 20 C would be about 68 F. Even when the outside temp was in the 90s F that room was 10 to 20 degrees colder.

I have gotten into the bad habit of doing temperatures in Celsius rather than Fahrenheit due to the kids learning Celsius. We hit -40 Fahrenheit a few time in the winter.

 

[PD-Riverman]

Currently the incubator is at 31 C. So that room gets cold even with the rest of the house being much warmer. We have yet to figure out why that room is always so cold. It is currently 73 F outside and the incubator is holding at 31 C which is about 87 F. So 20 C would be about 68 F. Even when the outside temp was in the 90s F that room was 10 to 20 degrees colder.

I have gotten into the bad habit of doing temperatures in Celsius rather than Fahrenheit due to the kids learning Celsius. We hit -40 Fahrenheit a few time in the winter.

I do not know Celsius but I looked it up for this conversation. So you saying its holding 87F, what is the incubator set at----99F? And it want get any warmer?? What is the present room temp where the incubator is at??