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When I got mine, I found that neither of them were reading at 99.5 so I had to adjust. I also find that the Spot Check and the glass thermometer read differently, so I go with the Spot Check since it's supposed to be reliable. Before I got the Spot Check, my chicks weren't hatching on time because the glass thermometer was reading higher than the actual temperature.
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I take the plastic section off that covers the fan and other electrical components and disinfect it in bleach water with the tray and the base. I use Lysol or Clorox wipes to disinfect the top section with the fan. Then I let everything get some sunshine for a day.
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What kind of babies are these? They are sooo cute!
Thanks! Most of them are Easter Eggers but oddly enough some of them are refrigerated eating eggs I bought from a local chicken keeper when I bought the EE hatching eggs from her. I cracked one to eat and saw it was fertile and they were blue green and brown eggs too, so I decided to try incubating some of them and had a 100% hatch rate out of the 6 refrigerated ones! Two of them seem to be EEs but 3 look just like RIR babies and 1 looks like a California White? I can't quite figure out what kind of rooster it is that all the babies look like their mommas (I am assuming)
I am suspicious of a cooler spot on the back row of my Brinsea eco 20-those chicks are hatching a day and half later than the others-actually one silkie hatched this morning 2 days later than the others in the front 2/3rds of the bator. Is it possible the last 2 could still hatch? The actual due date was yesterday.