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[scflock]

Hey now!!! That last picture is wrong!!! But now I am hungry for some bacon.....

I knew that was a bit much, but I haven't been smacked in a while. Craving a little bacon myself...

 

[AmyLynn2374]

So, I've had the bator running for about 24 hours now. I was hoping I would be able to run dry now that we aren't using the pellet stove and winter has past, but my hygrometer is only reading 16%. Guess it's time to get the salt out and recheck it. Speaking of salt....@WVduckchick , I added a small container of table salt and not a bit of a change. Tomorrow I plan on trying sea salt. Bator is holding temp pretty well right at 100. Getting excited to set...

 

[AmyLynn2374]

I knew that was a bit much, but I haven't been smacked in a while. Craving a little bacon myself...

I'm sorry...let me make up for that....

Better now??

LOL

 

[WalnutHill]

I think this thread will be more than a one time set challenge. I would love to follow your results in your cabinet, and I'm also curious to see if you can hatch 24 day old eggs. Do you have them marked? Have you done that before?

I've hatched 17 day old eggs, but not 24, and never those held at room temp in my office. Every egg from my flock is marked with date laid, and eggs brought in (Bantams and ISA Browns) are simply numbered with the weight challenge eggs clearly marked and scattered around the tray.

My first checkpoint is day 7, but the green shelled eggs generally don't show well enough then so day 14 will probably show the success of the old eggs. I've been gathering one or two a day since April 19 when the last batch went into the incubator.

The 152 g turkey egg will be my biggest challenge (literally). It won't fit in a turner rail. I need to find or fabricate one that will allow me to lay eggs in horizontally. Even if I could get it into the turner, it would hit the tray above. It's 3 1/2" long with a circumference of 7"!

 

[AmyLynn2374]

I've hatched 17 day old eggs, but not 24, and never those held at room temp in my office. Every egg from my flock is marked with date laid, and eggs brought in (Bantams and ISA Browns) are simply numbered with the weight challenge eggs clearly marked and scattered around the tray.

My first checkpoint is day 7, but the green shelled eggs generally don't show well enough then so day 14 will probably show the success of the old eggs. I've been gathering one or two a day since April 19 when the last batch went into the incubator.

The 152 g turkey egg will be my biggest challenge (literally). It won't fit in a turner rail. I need to find or fabricate one that will allow me to lay eggs in horizontally. Even if I could get it into the turner, it would hit the tray above. It's 3 1/2" long with a circumference of 7"!

About what is the room temp in your office? I've been struggling to find a place here that stays under an average of 70F

 

[scflock]

So, I've had the bator running for about 24 hours now. I was hoping I would be able to run dry now that we aren't using the pellet stove and winter has past, but my hygrometer is only reading 16%. Guess it's time to get the salt out and recheck it. Speaking of salt....@WVduckchick , I added a small container of table salt and not a bit of a change. Tomorrow I plan on trying sea salt. Bator is holding temp pretty well right at 100. Getting excited to set...

Seriously, how much trouble do you have holding 100? It sounded from your earlier posts that you had it kind of worked out. Do you still get the fluctuations, or have you found a sweet spot in the dial? I could almost run dry myself this summer. I can hold 30% dry, but I still need to add at least one channel of water to get to my desired 40-45

 

[WalnutHill]

In the past month my office has been mostly 65-68F, with night time dips to around 58 and up to 80 on a couple of warm days. Once the wood stove is out for the season, climate control is a state of mind.

And I found a great water tray for the cabinet...a thrift store plastic silverware tray. Lots of compartments to easily adjust humidity.

 

[AmyLynn2374]

Seriously, how much trouble do you have holding 100? It sounded from you earlier posts that you had it kind of worked out. Do you still get the fluctuations, or have you found a sweet spot in the dial? I could almost run dry myself this summer. I can hold 30% dry, but I still need to add at least one channel of water to get to my desired 40-45

Last hatch I had it steady at 99.5-100 on the average...but then I discovered that about an inch farther out (under the elements) it was actually at least 1 degree hotter. I stil have minor fluctuations, but not usually anything major. I just have to keep an eye on the "hot spots" and rotate eggs. This time if I set 15-20, it should be easier to keep the eggs in a general area on each side so that shouldn't be as big an issue. I'm thinking my hygrometer has to have been knocked out of whack. I could be wrong

, but it seems at this point I should have more. Guess I'll know once I test.

 

[AmyLynn2374]

I knew that was a bit much, but I haven't been smacked in a while. Craving a little bacon myself...

Always happy to oblige....

 

[scflock]

Last hatch I had it steady at 99.5-100 on the average...but then I discovered that about an inch farther out (under the elements) it was actually at least 1 degree hotter. I stil have minor fluctuations, but not usually anything major. I just have to keep an eye on the "hot spots" and rotate eggs. This time if I set 15-20, it should be easier to keep the eggs in a general area on each side so that shouldn't be as big an issue. I'm thinking my hygrometer has to have been knocked out of whack. I could be wrong

, but it seems at this point I should have more. Guess I'll know once I test.

I actually have warm and cool spots *gasp* in the Brinsea. It ranges anywhere from 98.5-100.5, with a 99.5 average when I take several temps. After reading other posts, maybe yours, I started turning the egg tray 180 degrees every time I add water and have had great results