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- Jun 18, 2018
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Thank you, yes your defenetly right personal experience is defenetly the best, here are some pics of my set up as you can see the sensor hanging above the eggs. I did candle on day 7 day gains and the small black spot/embryo I am on day 13 right now.Are you able to post a pic of your set up? I only have to fill all the wells at hatch.. so I am wondering if your humidity sensor is accurate. What day are you on now? Have you candled yet?
One reason there are so many differing suggestions is due to possibly old information or simply preference. White eggs can take more humidity during incubation than brown eggs because white eggs don't have the extra color coating that brown do which inhibits evaporation.. in comparison.
Keep track of what you decide and then pay attention at hatch.. it can tell you if you were to moist or too dry. A WIDE range of humidity will still net lots of hatching. But temperature is really not negotiable. One of your thermometers is inaccurate according to my experience... NO way, in still air incubator should floor temp be the same as it is hovering above the eggs. Now this could be the floor one touching say the metal grate and catching it's surface temp instead of the air temp or something to that effect. Whether you use a turner or not is irrelevant to temp. And honestly I got some of my best hatches using a still air bator with no turner! But 102 is correct for no fan.
What happens if you lay your secondary one on top of the eggs, after about a half hour? Is your second gauge digital or analog? Does your secondary one also measure humidity or how are you gauging that?
I personally don't measure air cells any more... as I often can't see through the eggs. Weighing them is another option. I don't do that anymore either... with enough experience in my location and such... I simply set my parameters and hatch away!Sometimes getting 100%.
Sounds like you are doing your best! Paying attention and learning as ya go. All the suggestions in the world won't make up for your personal experience which is the mother of all teachers.
Hope ya saw some veins!![]()