Problem NOT Resolved (UPDATE!)

[1lpoock]

Yeah i have the turner...everything was set up and ready to go, its been running all weekend. Temps and humidity was perfect and the second i put the eggs in...it broke. It's like it didn't want to hatch them, it has a mind of its own

 

[Germaine_11.20]

Well now you have time to order more eggs! Gee whatever you do don't go on ebay. Between these 2 sites I am not getting any work done

 

[1lpoock]

Yeah like i said..i have more on the way...i just dont wanna wait. The eggs will come on july 13, which is two weeks from now. I'm still going to put this old batch in and see what happens

 

[1lpoock]

Okay now i looked and the temp is at 104! So I left it be for like two hours, looked again and it was back down to 80! I have no idea whats going on and there is no way i would put my eggs in there its so unreliable!

 

[azelgin]

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Sounds like you definitely got a defective unit. There have been a couple of other members on here with problem 1588s. GQF was pretty good at resolving their need for new parts. Hope your repair parts get there soon.

 

[1lpoock]

I know mee too. If they were to get here soon and i put the batch in and then put the second batch coming in a week or two later, will the increased humidity of hatching of the first batch affect the second batch?

 

[azelgin]

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I don't know, but wouldn't think humidity would be that big a deal. Trying to get the right humidity before hatching, is so the eggs lose the proper amout of weight/liquid for chick developement and hatching. So, it's a long term average you are looking at, instead of a two or three day event. The bigger hassle will be the question of how you will turn some, but not others, for the last three days of the first batch hatch (does that make sense?). I suppose the hatching chicks will turn the other eggs for you. It's kind of like watching a little soccer game in there anyway. Maybe somebody else has done this and has an answer for you.

 

[Germaine_11.20]

I think it will make a difference. How will you clean the incubator out with the other eggs not ready to hatch for quite awhile?
The humidity might not be a big problem but the chicks do go knocking the other eggs around, pecking at them ect...
Can you borrow or buy another incubator.
As for knowing who to turn and not to turn, just mark the eggs with a pencil as to who is who.

 

[1lpoock]

i could always unattach some of the turner racks...maybe i could go pick up an LG for a hatcher...or is LG really hard to regulate?

 

[DANNY]

I go ahead and turn the eggs like normal and mist the eggs with warm water before i close it. When it comes time to clean up after the first batch hatches i take the eggs out and lay them on a towel thugh you can use a heating pad if you like. Then i wash the bottom part of the incubator out with clorox water and put the eggs back in it. It will not hurt the eggs to be out of the bator for a little while a hen comes off at least once a day for longer than that.