new Hovabator 1588 not holding temp - help!

[NapsWithChickens]

I started with one Hovabator circulating air incubator... got a second... that wasn't enough, so I borrowed my girlfriends... she wants her's back... so I just got a new incubator: a Hovabator 1588. (Also circulating air, but with the bigger window on top.)

Who knew that hatching was so much fun and so addictive???

I got it up and running for 24 hours... held temp perfectly. I added water... still did great... I added eggs (day 17) so I could hatch/brood in this incubator (take advantage of that big window!)... and the darn thing won't go back up to the preset temperature. It is hovering at about 97: argh!

I had to rearrange all the other eggs into the other two incubators and unless I can solve this, I have to do-si-do all the eggs AGAIN... and I hate to do that. I'm worried that I've already moved them too much.

Suggestions? HELP!

 

[mstricer]

That hovabator should be factory set 99.5 maybe you can take it back where you got it. I didnt get that one due to the fact it was to expensive I have a hovabator with circulating air and it holds temp fine will be hatching eggs for first time over next 3 days.

 

[Yard full o' rocks]

Have you tried checking it with multiple thermometers? I also have 2 Genesis 1588s and with one type of therm I get a solid 99.3 to 99.7F. However, during my last hatch, I just a different therm and it was reading 100.7F.

Could be that simple. Unless the eggs you are hatching are really expensive or scarce, I would see what the results from the hatch are before adjusting anything

 

[NapsWithChickens]

Thank you, thank you for your suggestions! All better!!!

 

[Coopa Cabana]

What changed to make it all better? Did it stabilize on its own? Different thermometer?

 

[NapsWithChickens]

It stabilized on its own, thank goodness! I love this incubator!!!

 

[speckledhen]

Just think about it. It takes every single egg coming up to the bator temp to make the temp in the bator come back up, so there is always a period that it struggles to come back up after eggs are put in there.

 

[Tuffoldhen]

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Yup, this happens with most incubators. Some it takes a full day to come back to the normal temp/humidity range. Same thing happens when you take a turner out of a bator your temps and humidity levels will drop just have patience for it to come back to the correct levels.

 

[k2chickens]

is your bator around anyplace that is giving off a draft or breeze?

 

[Sissy]

you cant beat the Hovabator 1588 I have the same
with big window, I love it. its working as I speak.