little giant 9300

[TheGeekySheep]

My little clear plastic thingy with the temp/humidity probe on it was upside down. I turned it over and my temp is staying steady now.

Oh yeah that might do it too. Wednesday is lockdown for me, I'm trying to figure out how I'm going to keep the probe in place during hatching. When I had a chick in there, it got knocked around all over the place, causing the temp under the heating element to jump because it was reading the temp in the far corner. I'm thinking maybe I can attach it to the top of some wooden eggs directly under the element, that way it stays at egg-top level and won't get knocked around by hatchlings.

This wouldn't be such a problem with circulated air because the temp should be the same throughout, something for anyone considering this incubator to think about.

 

[only1bgirl]

My hatch rate was horrible, started with 24 eggs, 12 started, one hatched on its own, one with help, It pipped low and one that pipped but never hatched, I should of helped it sooner. It's yoke was absorbed it was ready but stuck. The two that survived were huge, the one I helped had a bulbous head stuck under its wing. I thought the fluff ball on their heads,were feathers but no it's like it has a pea on top it's skull. They are addicting, even though I've had horrible hatches to date, I'm still going to keep trying! The two seem to be healthy and happy, they really are adorable and quite entertaining.
I tried the glass blobs in the the incubator and they fit in the grooves around outside edge under screen. I like these because I can sanitize them and they should act as heat sink. I went back to eBay and looked at CoopsnMore, if I would of spent another $30 I could of got the turner too, it fits with the fan. So I ordered it and more eggs. The addiction is full tilt now!

 

[only1bgirl]

Here's a photo of the glass blobs, they sell them at craft stores and dollar stores. They would also sit in the slots of a egg carton too. I like this idea better than the rocks because I can sanitize these easily. I'll start messing around with probe placement in the next couple of days after I get another thermometer.

 

[jurczak09]

First of all thanks for all the posts! I have been following this thread and have been picking up a lot of info. I set my eggs in the 9300 model yesterday. I have the egg turner and my incubator has the installed fan. I got it on eBay with the fan already installed from coopsnmore. My humidty was reading 60% so I took all the water out back out and it is at 45% now. I upped my temp setting from 100 to 102 after reading all these threads and it leveled out at 101. I will check again tomorrow.This is my first attempt at hatching anything and when I was ready through all these I thought how can someone worry so much over this? Well, now that they have been in for a day, I TOTALY UNDERSTAND! My son (6yrs old) is counting on me not screwing this up. Do you guys have any other tips that may help me? I read somewhere about misting the eggs every other day with water? Will that help up my hatch rate? I have also read to take the turner out at day 18. Do I just lay the eggs in there or should I use egg cartons cut up? Will having the lid off to remove the turner hurt the eggs since I'll loose my temp & humidity in that time? Thanks ahead of time for replies! I tried posting a new thread but no one replied to that so I'm trying to get some expert advice this way. Thanks!

 

[jurczak09]

O and forgot to ask, with brown shelled eggs-what day should I attempt to candle them? I was thinking the 9th day just because I really don't know what I'm looking for and by the ninth day there should be at least something to see. I don't want to pitch a perfectly developing egg because I didn't see the veins or anything. Thanks

 

[bamadude]

First of all thanks for all the posts! I have been following this thread and have been picking up a lot of info. I set my eggs in the 9300 model yesterday. I have the egg turner and my incubator has the installed fan. I got it on eBay with the fan already installed from coopsnmore.  My humidty was reading 60% so I took all the water out back out and it is at 45% now.  I upped my temp setting from 100 to 102 after reading all these threads and it leveled out at 101. I will check again tomorrow.This is my first attempt at hatching anything and when I was ready through all these I thought how can someone worry so much over this? Well, now that they have been in for a day, I TOTALY UNDERSTAND! My son (6yrs old) is counting on me not screwing this up. Do you guys have any other tips that may help me? I read somewhere about misting the eggs every other day with water? Will that help up my hatch rate? I have also read to take the turner out at day 18. Do I just lay the eggs in there or should I use egg cartons cut up? Will having the lid off to remove the turner hurt the eggs since I'll loose my temp & humidity in that time? Thanks ahead of time for replies! I tried posting a new thread but no one replied to that so I'm trying to get some expert advice this way. Thanks! 

the 9300 is a new model. U are now involved in this expert advice. We dont really know exactly how to get a good hatch rate. I started this thread to share info and try to help any1 with the 9300 bator. Welcome and thanks for chiming in. Please share

 

[TheGeekySheep]

@jurczak09 if you have the fan kit installed you might want to get your temp as close to 99.5 as possible, that's the ideal temp for circulated air incubation.

I have still air (no fan) so I aim for 101-102 at the top of the eggs because the temp drops closer to the floor.

 

[jurczak09]

the 9300 is a new model. U are now involved in this expert advice. We dont really know exactly how to get a good hatch rate. I started this thread to share info and try to help any1 with the 9300 bator. Welcome and thanks for chiming in. Please share

Thanks! I will share as I go along I'd have to say that this process is instantly addictive!

 

[jurczak09]

@jurczak09 if you have the fan kit installed you might want to get your temp as close to 99.5 as possible, that's the ideal temp for circulated air incubation.

I have still air (no fan) so I aim for 101-102 at the top of the eggs because the temp drops closer to the floor.

I wasn't sure since this is a still air model with an installed fan. The fan doesn't seem to be that powerful, I can barely feel it when I put my hand underneath it. I will adjust it down some and try closer to the 99.5. Thanks!

 

[only1bgirl]

Yes get that heat down to 99.5, also have you placed another thermometer/humidity inside of it? Better on the cool side than hot. Good to have another reading. The humidity measured by the probe is not accurate outside the 60-80% range. I have not had good hatch rates with shipped eggs and low humidity, with the fan I think it's best to shoot for the 50-55% range. Are the eggs shipped or local? As Bama stated already welcome to the club! ;-)
Pull both red plugs out to get the heat more evenly distributed too.