Quick question about temp :)

[Nicola]

i have a homemade incubator and hatched with it fine b4. But since last hatch i have added a fan. one side of the bator is getting to 100....the other side...102... and under the light it also around 102... is that too hot.

What are the ideal temps for a bator with a fan.?

 

[eggsrcool]

I would like to know to, for when I put my eggs in my homemade incubator

 

[rebelcowboysnb]

Shoot for 99.5

Under 103 is a must.

Your thermostat is absorbing radiant heat off the light.(actual light energy) Make a shield to keep the light energy from hitting the eggs or the thermometer directly.

 

[Nicola]

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sooooooo 102 should be ok..?????

 

[eggsrcool]

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sooooooo 102 should be ok..?????

By the sounds of it yuppers!

Good luck!

 

[rebelcowboysnb]

They should hatch early an you don't have a lot of buffer room but yes in theory it should be.

 

[Nicola]

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buffer room?????

 

[rebelcowboysnb]

Safe zone that it can fluctuate in. If your at 99.5 it can fluctuate up an down quite a bit before you have to worry. At 102 if it fluctuates up 1 degree far any length of time you start loosing eggs.

 

[Nicola]

ohhh ok... it only seems to get to 102 then the light switches off then it lowers. light comes back on etc.
thanks for the help

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[eggsrcool]

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