- Jul 12, 2014
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Hello all,
First time hatching here with my Ameraucanas, hoo boy it's stressful trying to be a chicken mama. They went in on the 5th, and I've been trying to dial in the temperature since, but struggling. I know my hatch rate won't be great this time around partly because some of the days when I was collecting it was a bit chilly in the coop (5c/41f), but I made note of the temp on the day I collected and wrote the date on the eggs so I'll be able to see how much of an effect it had.
I've been reading here that Little Giants aren't the best, but they're all that's available in my town. I know not to trust the thermometer it comes with, but my other thermometers are also all over the place, though all still thankfully within a safe range.
The Little Giant is reading 37.5c/99.5 which is ideal (I'm in Canada so I use Celsius), the digital thermometer with a string-sensor right at egg-level seems to read consistently one degree low, 36.5/97.7 now, and another digital one I put inside right on the eggs is at 38.3/100.9. I also popped in two old school mercury thermometers from my aquariums in there and they both look to be reading just slightly over 38/100.4, I think I'd be most likely to trust those, so then that digital one would be pretty close. I can't keep it in there with the egg turner on because it's too big, and there aren't instructions on how to calibrate the digital one with the sensor.
Any recommendations on which one I should trust and where I should set the thermostat?
Thank you for any help!
PS: I know the humidity's a little high right now too, I'm going to try to suck out a bit of water with a towel without letting out too much heat.
First time hatching here with my Ameraucanas, hoo boy it's stressful trying to be a chicken mama. They went in on the 5th, and I've been trying to dial in the temperature since, but struggling. I know my hatch rate won't be great this time around partly because some of the days when I was collecting it was a bit chilly in the coop (5c/41f), but I made note of the temp on the day I collected and wrote the date on the eggs so I'll be able to see how much of an effect it had.
I've been reading here that Little Giants aren't the best, but they're all that's available in my town. I know not to trust the thermometer it comes with, but my other thermometers are also all over the place, though all still thankfully within a safe range.
The Little Giant is reading 37.5c/99.5 which is ideal (I'm in Canada so I use Celsius), the digital thermometer with a string-sensor right at egg-level seems to read consistently one degree low, 36.5/97.7 now, and another digital one I put inside right on the eggs is at 38.3/100.9. I also popped in two old school mercury thermometers from my aquariums in there and they both look to be reading just slightly over 38/100.4, I think I'd be most likely to trust those, so then that digital one would be pretty close. I can't keep it in there with the egg turner on because it's too big, and there aren't instructions on how to calibrate the digital one with the sensor.
Any recommendations on which one I should trust and where I should set the thermostat?
Thank you for any help!
PS: I know the humidity's a little high right now too, I'm going to try to suck out a bit of water with a towel without letting out too much heat.
