Little Giant turner effects incubator by 3 degrees?

[marcuscarr]

I hit day 18 and removed the turner from my incubator and added two water trays, the humidity is now pushing 60, but the temp dropped to 96.8. It was like that overnight and we are tweeking it today to get it back up where it needs to be.

I think the hot motor from the turner was adding 3 degrees of heat to the environment.

Did I kill them all?

Marcus

 

[fallenweeble]

i'm inexperienced but based on other posts i would say no. i think what i've read is that a temp drop is safer than a temp spike.
hopefully someone with more info and experience will be along shortly.
hang in there!

 

[BantyChickMom]

The eggs should be OK,
It takes the eggs longer to cool down than it does the air around them.

 

[PurpleChicken]

How are you reading temps? The higher your thermometer the higher
the temp will read. My LG's are inconsisten all the way around. A wiggler
is the only true way to use one.

 

[marcuscarr]

I have the temp sensor in a wiggler, in the middle of the eggs. We have the wiggler temp up to 99.7 and we are fine tuning back to 99.5. So far, so good. Only a few days of anxiety left and we will have chicks!!!

Marcus

 

[PurpleChicken]

Your thermostat must have glitched. The eggs should be ok.
WATCH THAT TEMP CLOSE!!!

 

[tiffanyh]

Did removing your turner cause you place your wiggler a bit lower in the incubator--say on the wire versus sitting on the turning rack?? If so, in a still air, placing the wiggler "lower" within the incubator will cause it to drop a few temps due to the air gradient within the bator.

Im sure they'll be fine.
Good luck--I am on Day 18 with Dipsys eggs.

 

[marcuscarr]

The wiggler probe is about 1/2 inch lower that it was before. The bator is forced air. I think the problem is that the 60 watt bulb just takes a long time to get it warmed up. We turned up the temp and brought the wiggler temp to 99.7, then backed off on the temp and the wiggler is at 99.5...we will continue to monitor.

The bator seems to be very stable, unless I open it, then my readings are all over the board. The humidity is still only 59%. I am going to get a few sponges to set vertically in the water tray and see if I can get it up to 65-70%

Marcus

 

[PurpleChicken]

Light bulb???? What little giant do you have??? It must be an old one.

 

[marcuscarr]

lol, the bator is a home built design....the turner is an LG. Sorry for the confusion.

Here are pics of the bator...

http://s231.photobucket.com/albums/ee23/marcuspcarr/Chickens/