The 5th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-a-long!

[mlm Mike]

The controller is digital as opposed to a mechanical controller filled with fluid. The red knob sets the temperature digitally.

Basically once the thermostat is set in the incubator you do not have to touch it. It is like the rocker switches in the genesis. Those are set at the factory and you are not supposed to mess with them during incubation. The eco was set at 99.5 at the factory too. Most people do not use an accurate thermometer(I know you are trying!) so the incubator is usually more accurate than the thermometer used, which can be off by 10 degrees.

That is why they are hard to get to. It is on purpose. I have been watching these hatch a longs for several years now and have seen the adjustments mess things up a bunch.

Does anyone remember @Mahonri ?

Oh yes, I remember Mahonri. It's nice to hear from him when he comes to visit BYC.

 

[DCchicken]

Weird. All the ones I see listed on their site are digital.

http://www.brinsea.com/products/20aeco.html

This is the Eco model that has the little red dial, the same one that cooked my eggs. It must be made to a lower quality than the very expensive 20 Advance model. One would think that it would be using the same thermostat (but with a dial instead of the digital interface). But maybe that's not the case and the 20 Eco is just using flawed parts.

 

[Kerrie Ann]

Count me in. I set 4. This should be alot of fun.

 

[PAchickenlover]

[[COLOR=0000FF]Hey Sally, did your electric come back on yet? I have been thinking of you and your incubators all day... I hope they get it fixed soon![/COLOR]/SIZE]

FINALLY! Thank you!!  we left everything set up (generator and cords) though as its really blowing, nasty icy and slush now!  We didnt even know this was coming!!  
Did you see my post on the funny contest thread?  ha ha ha 

Glad to hear it! It is nasty here too. Almost fell on my dairy air trying to get my late layers eggs tonight. Lol
No, lol I will have to check it out. Oh the meeting date for the Southern York Poultry Club has changed to April 25th. FYI

Oh my gosh, lol your posts.. Hahahahaa. The one about the kids yeah.... I responded to your post.

 

[PAchickenlover]

Count me in. I set 4. This should be alot of fun.

 

[DCchicken]

Your eco is digital. That adjustment is for small adjustments or changing for a different breed.

The way it should work is like this:

Get local eggs that hatch well like EE eggs.
Use a spot check or Thermo works thermometer to test the temperature. If it reads close to 99.5, you are good to go
Hatch the EE eggs and do not adjust that red peg.
If the eggs hatch on time and the chicks look healthy, leave the adjustment alone.

Adjust up or down based on what the hatch did and use your good thermometers.

My guess is that the thermometers are flaky.

That does not explain why it suddenly increases in temperature. Even if the thermometer was off by a few degrees, it should stay the same. However, my Brinsea suddenly increased its temperature. So clearly the "digital thermostat" is bad. The red light was flashing even while the temp was increasing. The flashing red light is supposed to mean that the heater is off and everything is ok. But not ok for me.

I can't wait until the rain and snow go away so I can take the Brinsea incubator out and cook it on the bbq. Cook my eggs and I will cook it.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Quote: Glad to hear it!

It is nasty here too. Almost fell on my dairy air trying to get my late layers eggs tonight. Lol
No, lol I will have to check it out. Oh the meeting date for the Southern York Poultry Club has changed to April 25th. FYI

Oh my gosh, lol your posts.. Hahahahaa. The one about the kids yeah.... I responded to your post.

true stories right? ha ha ha

see your missing out not checking that thread! You missed our dance party ha ha ha

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Count me in. I set 4. This should be alot of fun.

 

[PAchickenlover]

 

 

 

[[COLOR=0000FF]Hey Sally, did your electric come back on yet? I have been thinking of you and your incubators all day... I hope they get it fixed soon![/COLOR]/SIZE]

FINALLY! Thank you!!  we left everything set up (generator and cords) though as its really blowing, nasty icy and slush now!  We didnt even know this was coming!!  

Did you see my post on the funny contest thread?  ha ha ha 

Glad to hear it! It is nasty here too. Almost fell on my dairy air trying to get my late layers eggs tonight. Lol

No, lol I will have to check it out. Oh the meeting date for the Southern York Poultry Club has changed to April 25th. FYI

Oh my gosh, lol your posts.. Hahahahaa. The one about the kids yeah.... I responded to your post.

  true stories right?  ha ha ha  

see your missing out not checking that thread!   You missed our dance party  ha ha ha 

Not going to miss out on it any more... Lol I have got to come up with some things for on that thread..

 

[Audio51]

If I set 39 duck eggs, 9 guinea eggs and 6 more misc chicken eggs tomorrow morning, will they count for the hatch along?