Janoel 12 incubator

[ButteCA]

okay well that’s a relief! I guess I will candle them at seven days and if nothing looks like it’s going on we will start over when I can monitor things more closely.

 

[NNYchick]

I use this humidity/temperature gauge an just slide the wires in and have this sitting on top.

I always calibrate everything before putting eggs in. I use ice water test for my temperature probe and salt test for the humidity. Then calibrate incubator temperature to my above temperature. Out of the box my incubator was a few degrees too high. Just explain to your daughter that this is a test run.

 

[ButteCA]

When you hatch on the lower level you get a much better view.....but you can't use the turner/you can more than double the capacity.

I think I’m going to try that as soon as I get a batch where something hatches. I’ve seen YouTube videos where people do that. When I read the directions for it I think it was saying to leave them in the turner until the 18th day and the take the turner and the top tray out and put them on the lower tray to hatch so those were my plans but if I can figure out how to hatch them I’m definitely wanting to do bigger batches!

 

[ButteCA]

I use this humidity/temperature gauge an just slide the wires in and have this sitting on top.
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I always calibrate everything before putting eggs in. I use ice water test for my temperature probe and salt test for the humidity. Then calibrate incubator temperature to my above temperature. Out of the box my incubator was a few degrees too high. Just explain to your daughter that this is a test run.

OMG that’s perfect because that’s the one I ordered!

 

[ButteCA]

I use this humidity/temperature gauge an just slide the wires in and have this sitting on top.
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I always calibrate everything before putting eggs in. I use ice water test for my temperature probe and salt test for the humidity. Then calibrate incubator temperature to my above temperature. Out of the box my incubator was a few degrees too high. Just explain to your daughter that this is a test run.

I did I told her if this time doesn’t work out we just have to try again. I’m going to have to research how to calibrate everything and do tests like that.She understands that they might not hatch but three week is like forever when your seven!

 

[naf_appaz]

I should have thought about these things before I popped the eggs in. It’s up to fate I guess I just ordered a hygrometer/thermometer today but right now I have no idea what’s going on in there. It’s killing me!

Think we are all guilty of that from time to time....at least I am!

 

[ButteCA]

It’s hard to wait!

 

[naf_appaz]

Humidity is an accumalitive thing as far as incubation goes...in other words if its to high for a few days its not necessarily going to ruin your batch. It's all about the air cell progressing properly, if the air cell is the right size at lockdown you will be alright regardless of what the numbers are during the incubation...you will see a lot of different ideas on humidity. It depends a lot where you are incubating. In the deep south I have to use a room dehumidifier to keep the air cell progressing and all I usually have to do is turn it off at lockdown no water at all and I can get 80% if you live at 8000 ft elevation in the mountains you will have the opposite problem as it will be very difficult to bring humidity up....so whats good for the goose not always good for the gander. Also a smaller incubator can amplify these problems. Just a matter of getting to know your bator and environment ! Comparing your candled eggs to an aircell progession chart can give you some confidence that all is going well

 

[ButteCA]

Humidity is an accumalitive thing as far as incubation goes...in other words if its to high for a few days its not necessarily going to ruin your batch. It's all about the air cell progressing properly, if the air cell is the right size at lockdown you will be alright regardless of what the numbers are during the incubation...you will see a lot of different ideas on humidity. It depends a lot where you are incubating. In the deep south I have to use a room dehumidifier to keep the air cell progressing and all I usually have to do is turn it off at lockdown no water at all and I can get 80% if you live at 8000 ft elevation in the mountains you will have the opposite problem as it will be very difficult to bring humidity up....so whats good for the goose not always good for the gander. Also a smaller incubator can amplify these problems. Just a matter of getting to know your bator and environment ! Comparing your candled eggs to an aircell progession chart can give you some confidence that all is going well

I live in a valley near foothills. My house never gets too hot or too cold really. I’m going to have to just not worry about it too much and see what happens. No one bakes a cake right the first I guess. My husband loves the south. He drives truck and was all about some deep fried corn there for a while. He really wants to move to Tennessee and never admit we were born and raised in California. Ha ha!

 

[treslilbirds]

I live in a valley near foothills. My house never gets too hot or too cold really. I’m going to have to just not worry about it too much and see what happens. No one bakes a cake right the first I guess. My husband loves the south. He drives truck and was all about some deep fried corn there for a while. He really wants to move to Tennessee and never admit we were born and raised in California. Ha ha!

Based off of your username, I think we live a couple of counties above you. My husband and I actually left TN to come out here to CA
Small world!

Have you been getting a ton of rain down there? I’ve been running my Janoel12 dry bc it’s been so humid with all this rain!