temperature question.

[blucoondawg]

Can you get replacement parts online?

 

[AKchicken1]

Seems like the element is out of stock everyplace I've found so far. Will check some local appliance service places tomorrow for a 40 watt element.

 

[AKchicken1]

I expect this batch of eggs is shot at this point. Will candle for grins in a few days anyway. If anything is going on we'll just run them out and see.

 

[subhanalah]

Maybe you should look into a Hovabator? They normally ship pretty fast from ebay. They are also more reliable from what I've been told.

 

[bugflipper]

It's due to the poor hatch rates. Most have reported very dismal hatch rates with the still air models. I actually had one years ago and had the same results. Yours is a forced air and gives much better results but the 60% you've reported aren't very good when compared to what a similarly priced gqf 1588 will do. Upper 90% hatch rates are the norm with them. I'm not very good at candling coturnix eggs so I just run them the full time without candling. The last hatch was 119 out of 120 with 1 that wasn't formed at all so 100% hatch due to not throwing out the infertile egg. It just boils down to cost vs performance. It's not a brand loyalty issue as I have dickey's and gqf cabinets, it's just going with what works.

 

[blucoondawg]

Well that 60 some percent was with eggs which were stored for a number of days in an egg collection basket on the kitchen counter without being turned and probably not at the ideal temperature so I figure that was a pretty good hatch rate for those particular eggs. I would like a bigger incubator but refuse to pay hundreds of dollars for it. I will likely start a build on a cabinet style unit

 

[AKchicken1]

Blucoondawg.. Im with you. Planning to just build my own small cabinet using a series of 25 watt silicone heat pads and a thermostat wafer switch and a computer cpu fan. All the parts together are a fraction of the fan outfitted styro foam coolers.

 

[CrazyChickens09]

well if you just put eggs in it will take it awhile to come back up to temperature.

 

[AKchicken1]

Eggs in it since Saturday so 3 days so far and still can't break 99.9. Just going run them out and see what happens. Meanwhile, i will be making one.

 

[blucoondawg]

Blucoondawg.. Im with you. Planning to just build my own small cabinet using a series of 25 watt silicone heat pads and a thermostat wafer switch and a computer cpu fan. All the parts together are a fraction of the fan outfitted styro foam coolers.

I've got the farm innovators fan model with turner, the whole unit cost 92 bucks on sale at fleet farm, I dont think that is too bad. I want to build a large one that holds 3 or 4 of those turners to do a
Large batch at one time. I do think I will get an Incukit from incubators warehouse just because they seem to be very good at regulating temperature