Need a non-beeping incubator for dry hatching.

[BirdHaver]

Because I live in a very humid state, I'm attempting dry hatching, but the dang thing keeps beeping any time I get to below 40% humidity with no way to shut it off. All hours of the day and night *BEEP, BEEP, BEEP, BEEP* You can't adjust the humidity, or turn it off, and there wasn't any way to unscrew it or disable the infernal alarm. It made me want to go on a little bit of a killing spree.

Can anyone suggest to me an incubator without the fiendish humidity alarm?

 

[NatJ]

Because I live in a very humid state, I'm attempting dry hatching, but the dang thing keeps beeping any time I get to below 40% humidity with no way to shut it off. All hours of the day and night *BEEP, BEEP, BEEP, BEEP* You can't adjust the humidity, or turn it off, and there wasn't any way to unscrew it or disable the infernal alarm. It made me want to go on a little bit of a killing spree.

Can anyone suggest to me an incubator without the fiendish humidity alarm?

I've got a couple of Brinsea Maxi incubators (one Eco and one Advance), and I don't have trouble with either of them beeping about humidity. I don't think either of them has a humidity sensor at all.

What kind of incubator do you have?

 

[BirdHaver]

I had a Pet Deluxe 18 Egg Incubator with Automatic Egg Turning and Humidity Control, 360° View Auto Water Adding, Egg Candler, but I just had to return it because it was driving me crazy.

Those Brinsea are way out of my price range, I was looking for something in the $60-$80 range.

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[Debbie292d]

I have Brinsea's, but were I to get a smaller one, I'd get a Kebonnix.

We're in a very humid state too, but because I've hatched so many the same way, I'll just stick with traditional hatching methods.

 

[NatJ]

I had a Pet Deluxe 18 Egg Incubator with Automatic Egg Turning and Humidity Control, 360° View Auto Water Adding, Egg Candler, but I just had to return it because it was driving me crazy.

You might want to get one that does not claim to have automatic humidity control. Last time I looked, there were a fair number of the cheaper incubators that didn't have it, but I can't remember how long it's been since I did look.

Those Brinsea are way out of my price range, I was looking for something in the $60-$80 range.

I've had the Brinseas for a while now, and I did get them on sale, but I agree the prices are not nice at all!

 

[Debbie292d]

You might want to get one that does not claim to have automatic humidity control.

I wouldn't be without it, but maybe figure out how to shut off the beeping. That doesn't sound like it's too "humidity controlled" if it's constantly beeping.

I'd also get a separate hygrometer/thermometer as even with these three Brinsea 56EX's, the settings aren't right with any of them.

 

[McChooky]

I made a decent incubator for around $150 to dry hatch baby chicks. The digital thermometer alone cost close to $100 .The dial humidity gauge and adjustable fan were less than $35. The manual egg roller tray allows me to turn all the eggs at once as often as I like.The roller lifts out of the tray when the eggs go into lockdown (made out of scrap wood and painted) The advantage to making one is if any part needs replaced it can be done

 

[Esc_Quaily]

Hello @BirdHaver, I have the same issue. No solution but I've noticed that the longer you ignore (I know the noise is awful) the less reactive it is. My off-brand incubator gets to 15% humidity before alerting me.

@Debbie292d if OPs auto incubator is like mine it will beep when it goes below 40%. With a dry hatch the humidity should be around 30% (I think, I'm no expert and have dyslexia with numbers so I wouldn't trust my numbers as accurate). I think it will be beeping a lot because OP has humidity lower than recommended.

 

[Debbie292d]

Hello @BirdHaver, I have the same issue. No solution but I've noticed that the longer you ignore (I know the noise is awful) the less reactive it is. My off-brand incubator gets to 15% humidity before alerting me.

@Debbie292d if OPs auto incubator is like mine it will beep when it goes below 40%. With a dry hatch the humidity should be around 30% (I think, I'm no expert and have dyslexia with numbers so I wouldn't trust my numbers as accurate). I think it will be beeping a lot because OP has humidity lower than recommended.

But are they automatic, or can you change when they go off, or shut them off altogether?

These Brinseas have alarms I've never used as they're all off. I double-check the eggs a couple of times a day, so that's sufficient.

For instance, when a cat apparently jumped on top of one and pulled the tube of distilled water out of the jug, I caught the humidity drop in that incubator myself. A few hours of humidity variance, or even temp (going down due to power outage), for that matter, usually doesn't hurt the eggs.

If you'd have an incubator that's hard to stabilize, then I think I'd want the alarms, or get a different incubator.

 

[McChooky]

This one didn't require me to do any electrical wiring and holds 24 eggs on the bottom or 12 in a manual egg roller tray(same level as the view window) The adjustable fan in the bottom circulates heat from a 25 watt light bulb and a digital temperature controller turns the light on and off. I can move it anywhere in the house on 4 wheels.
You can't buy a better one for the price as you can make one.