Please help!!!

[furry feet]

I have 3 different incubators from the smaller ones to a sportsman I went to petco and got a good hygrometer and themometers even the sportsman vary slightly there not that much to purchase and i have a good hatch rate

 

[RubyNala97]

I calibrated the meat themometer and it read 34* so 2* higher...it's reading accurate with the digital themometer on the incubator and I have it set at 101* I will go and get a hygrometer this weekend (soonest I can) and see where it reads....this morning I had 101* and still 50% humidity... so what does lower humidity in the beginning do?

Happy to hear about the temps!! This is AmyLynn's article it explains why humidity matters to the egg.
http://letsraisechickens.weebly.com...anuals-understanding-and-controlling-humidity

 

[luvmychix2014]

Thank you so much any knowledge to help me understand is awesome

 

[WVduckchick]

How do your air cell look?

 

[luvmychix2014]

How is your temp? What happened when you calibrated the meat thermometer, how close was it to 32 degrees? I should tell you that some people, Amy being one of them, have great hatches in that incubator, like BYC910, said above. I didn't have luck but others get 100% eggs to hatch. You just have to stabilize it and figure out it's kinks. Do a search on here for "LG9300" and read some of the threads. The next thing to tackle is humidity. IMO, it's better to keep it lower days 1-18. 35% is best. You can use new, wet sponges so you can just take one or add one without messing with the wells. You can buy a cheap hygrometer at a pet store. They are in the reptile section. I use this one. Once you have one, I will tell you how to calibrate it.

Happy to hear about the temps!! This is AmyLynn's article it explains why humidity matters to the egg.
http://letsraisechickens.weebly.com...anuals-understanding-and-controlling-humidity

I read and wow what great information...is she on her to ask questions to? I was just curious on what to do with the 2 red plugs on top of the incubator during different incubation periods???

 

[BYC910]

I read and wow what great information...is she on her to ask questions to? I was just curious on what to do with the 2 red plugs on top of the incubator during different incubation periods???

you can find Amy any where she started a thread she said he said go there she will be there a lot don't know why she is not on yours already but Ruby and WVduckchick will steer you right. both are great teachers. a lot of BYC members are like that. ready to help all of us have been where you are now

 

[AmyLynn2374]

I read and wow what great information...is she on her to ask questions to? I was just curious on what to do with the 2 red plugs on top of the incubator during different incubation periods???

I, personally, leave both my plugs out (I don't actually have my plugs...lol) for the duration of the incubation. I will cover to get temps back up quicker after candling and day 18 when I first add my water to help build up humidity, but generally my vents are always open. And feel free to ask me what you want. I don't do things the same way a lot of hatchers do, but it works for me.

 

[AmyLynn2374]

you can find Amy any where she started a thread she said he said go there she will be there a lot don't know why she is not on yours already but Ruby and WVduckchick will steer you right. both are great teachers. a lot of BYC members are like that. ready to help all of us have been where you are now

I trust wv and ruby's advice almost as much as my own

 

[luvmychix2014]

I took a towel and soaked up all the water out of the wells...it is still reading 46% and the air sacs look smaller than they should...anything else I can do?

 

[BYC910]

I trust wv and ruby's advice almost as much as my own

what's this almost stuff I'm reading here.

I took a towel and soaked up all the water out of the wells...it is still reading 46% and the air sacs look smaller than they should...anything else I can do?

wait and wait and wait and

see I told you Amy's everywhere water get's into foam a little bit check it in the morning If you can wait that long.you said the nineteenth you have time to wait.