It has become painfully clear

[ScoobyRoo]

Ya know, I have yet to use one and I just hatched my 5 or 6th batch of eggs. However, this is the first time (yesterday) that I had one pip and leak blood. It ended up dying in the shell. I read that the humidity may have been too high. I learned from my mistake. BUT, I never had that problem in the past.

 

[debilorrah]

Henry'schickens :

Ya know, I have yet to use one and I just hatched my 5 or 6th batch of eggs. However, this is the first time (yesterday) that I had one pip and leak blood. It ended up dying in the shell. I read that the humidity may have been too high. I learned from my mistake. BUT, I never had that problem in the past.

It seems to me I have had nothing BUT trouble with this one. I need to find a decent one, but nowhere around here has one. Suggestions??​

 

[ranchhand]

Debi, any chance LO meant the battery? Mine get really wonky when I forget to replace the battery every time.

 

[HennyJenny]

I've been using the $3 ones from Petsmart. All they have are the reptile ones but they are dead on everytime I've checked. I did "kill" one but it actually fell in water so it didn't die on its own!

 

[debilorrah]

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No, Sally because the temperature is on the same unit and it is 100.5 steady as a rock.

 

[debilorrah]

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Are you kidding me???? Who woulda thunk it.

 

[HennyJenny]

I bought a $30 accurite from Lowe's with temp and humidity located on the remote unit and it is off on humidity and temp most of the time - for the $30 - I spent on it I could get 10 of the petsmart ones and between them and the mercury thermometers I would have better luck temp and humidity wise - I'm going to stick the spendy one out in the coop where a digit or two won't make so much difference. I also bought a digital accurite with a remote sensor from Walmart but it doesn't have humidity on the remote - but it is my preferred thermometer.

 

[muddstopper]

Check the batteries. Most times the battery is the culprit. The problem with all those electronic thermo/hygrometers is that the power is supplied by the battery and that power is not regulated. The sensors rely on electricity to function properly and that electrical current must be constant to remain accurate. As the battery runs low on voltages, the power available to the sensors is reduced and the result is inaccurate reading. Also, do a double check if you are using rechangeable batteries. Most of the AA or AAA batteries are 1.5V where as the same battery size in a rechargeable is probably only 1.25V. That 1/4 volt difference will cause your electronic thermometer/hydgrometer to give false or inaccurate readings.

 

[kathyinmo]

I buy a new hygrometer for each hatch, and callibrate it. I have found that they simply wear out, because of all the moisture constantly. I figure $7. is better than a ruined hatch.

 

[Ridgerunner]

I assume you used a salt method when you calibrated it. Did you get salt on the unit itself? That can ruin them.

The only time I've had a humidity problem myself is when I did not get the turner cord back in the groove right and it was propping the top open a crack. That was with the 1588. The humidites were low but not nearly as low as you experienced.

Good luck.