King Suro 20

[ottodog]

Hello All!

Well I didn't want my first post to be a whining one..... but..... I'm having trouble with my Suro King. I thought my problem was the shipped eggs, but this morning when I went to check the temp on the Suro, it read 97.3. The display was showing 99.5 like it always has. If I try and calibrate it, it will spike up to the calibration amount plus the 99.5. It will eventually settle down to a degree or two below the sent temp. Seems to swing 5 degree's or so if I make ANY adjustment.

My first thought was that the thermo I was using had to be wrong, so i tried it in my Brinsea mini, 99.5 rock solid never wavered.

So now that I've killed $20 in eggs, has anyone had any luck dealing with R-com and or JMT Distributors? I've emailed both and had no response yet.

I paid with Paypal so I'm sure a dispute is out of the question. I guess I'll give them a few days and see what happens.

I was going to cull the rest of the eggs, but one had a small embryo with a hertbeat, so I think I'll just leave the rest in and see what happens. I really have no other place to put them. The duck eggs are taking up the Brinsea.

Chris

 

[cherylcohen]

jmt was fabulous replaced my unit because power cord was falling out

 

[ottodog]

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Well that's good to know. Makes me feel a little better. Still bummed about my eggs though...

Rookie mistake I guess...

 

[cherylcohen]

Maybe hit them up for a refund on your eggs, it's their defective unit that caused the failure

 

[ottodog]

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Did you have to call them, or did they respond to your email?

Thanks,

Chris

 

[berkeleysprings]

i havent red any post be 4 this page but the suro 20 i bought works great and i love it it is spot on and has been hatching a boat load of marans ,,,,, i am sorry your haveing trouble

 

[berkeleysprings]

the trouble with it is if you put more than 12 or 15 its to crouded when they hatch

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I put 24 blue marans eggs in there and it is big enough to put all of them (has a little extra space).
I think it will hold more than 32 bantam eggs.

 

[cqnguyen]

Update on King Suro20 Hatch started on April 28.

Lockdown was Saturday, May 29 at 9pm.

Here goes my experiment..So instead of leaving Temp at 99.5, I turned it up to 99.9 and humidity is around 74-76.

Temp. 99.5 Hum: 65 Date of incubation:
Muscovy: April 28, 2010 at 9pm
Khaki Campbell: May 5, 2010 at 9pm
Quails : May 14, 2010 at 9 pm

Temp. 99.9 Hum: 74-76 Lock Down:
Muscovy: Day 32
Khaki Campbell: Day 16
Quails: Day 14

One of the Khaki Campbell’s hatched out early on Sunday morning, and then a second one on the afternoon. 6 Quails hatched during this entire day.

June 1, 2010
Duck eggs are have cracks in them, Muscovy’s still waiting to hatch. Now I have Eight Quails. Can’t believe the Quails hatched….

I’m at work now, and so many of them are starting to break their shells…ahhh the agony! Can’t wait for a Muscovy Duckling.

 

[Three Cedars Silkies]

I am completely pleased with mine...BUT...I do have the problem with the power cord coming loose. I've now used a narrow piece of duct tape and done a Y around the cord and taped it to the lid to keep it nice and tight.

I've had several great hatches and have 18 out of 24 shipped (from Washington state to Florida) silkie eggs in it right now. Several have loose aircells, so they may not make it to hatch, but I am VERY pleased so far.

On shipped eggs, I don't plug in the turning cradle for the first three days...just let them incubate without turning to the aircell can become firmly settled. Then I turned between days 4 and 16...then take it off the the turning cradle for the remaining time. Research shows that the most important time to turn is day 4-8.

 

[ottodog]

Wow, glad everyone is having success with theirs. Finally got a hold of someone at Lyons, I guess they're the US distributor, and they are shipping me another unit. At first they wanted me to ship it in for repair, but since it's only 3 weeks old I told them that wasn't going to happen. After a few minutes of holding they agreed to ship me another.

I've got 20 more BR eggs on their way, so hopefully I'll be reporting success too!!