Weeg
Enabler
Hey guys,
I recently borrow and NR360 from a friend for my next hatch. I'm planning on getting my own as well, but the eggs are coming sooner than I can get my hands on one.
That said, I'm currently re-calibrating my separate thermometer/humidity gauge for this next batch of chicks. The friend of mine used the incubator without using a separate thermometer, or humidity gauge and got 50% hatch rates. The eggs she got, she picked up 45 minuets from her house so they didn't travel to long to get here, making me think that the hatch rate wasn't ideal. Now I'm interested in seeing how off the incubator thermometer and humidity gauge actually is. Now I know I can figure that out with a second calibrated thermometer, but temp in my last incubator changed some. Sometimes you had to have the incubator temp set at 102 to keep a 99.5 on the separate thermometer, and sometimes higher. I dont know if it will be the same, but I'm figuring it might.
So, I'm wondering if its possible, I think it could be at least for humidity. When you calibrate a separate humidity gauge, you put it in a sealed environment with damp salt for 6-8 hours. Could you do the same thing with the incubator, except put the salt in the bator instead of the gauge inside a sealed environment? Would the incubator be sealed enough? Of course, the bator would have to be turned off for the hours it takes to stabilize, but say at the 8 hour mark, you set the temperature gauge to super low, and turn the bater on. It won't be be very hot in the beginning, and should tell the humidity before the heater warms the environment to much. Do you think it could work? Do you think there's a way to do it with the thermometer to? I just though it would be an interesting question to ask. Thanks guys!
I recently borrow and NR360 from a friend for my next hatch. I'm planning on getting my own as well, but the eggs are coming sooner than I can get my hands on one.
That said, I'm currently re-calibrating my separate thermometer/humidity gauge for this next batch of chicks. The friend of mine used the incubator without using a separate thermometer, or humidity gauge and got 50% hatch rates. The eggs she got, she picked up 45 minuets from her house so they didn't travel to long to get here, making me think that the hatch rate wasn't ideal. Now I'm interested in seeing how off the incubator thermometer and humidity gauge actually is. Now I know I can figure that out with a second calibrated thermometer, but temp in my last incubator changed some. Sometimes you had to have the incubator temp set at 102 to keep a 99.5 on the separate thermometer, and sometimes higher. I dont know if it will be the same, but I'm figuring it might.
So, I'm wondering if its possible, I think it could be at least for humidity. When you calibrate a separate humidity gauge, you put it in a sealed environment with damp salt for 6-8 hours. Could you do the same thing with the incubator, except put the salt in the bator instead of the gauge inside a sealed environment? Would the incubator be sealed enough? Of course, the bator would have to be turned off for the hours it takes to stabilize, but say at the 8 hour mark, you set the temperature gauge to super low, and turn the bater on. It won't be be very hot in the beginning, and should tell the humidity before the heater warms the environment to much. Do you think it could work? Do you think there's a way to do it with the thermometer to? I just though it would be an interesting question to ask. Thanks guys!
