Trouble adjusting temperature on my brinsea eco20

[poule de luxe]

Hi everyone,

I have had my brinsea eco20 running on 99.5F and humidity around 40-50%for at least 3 days. It was very stable until I put my douzain eggs inside. The termometer now says 101F after about 30 minutes

...... Should I just wait and let it settle back down or should I reajust it quickly?? The only difference is (well apart from the fact that there are now eggs inside) that when I set it, it was flat and now I rocked it on one side.....

It is my first incubation and maybe I am overly stressed about it....

Thank you so much for your precious advices.... I have been preparing and planning this incubation for weeks now and I realise it will still be full of surprises!!!

 

[katsdar]

I am thinking about getting this type of bator, but the one I am getting doesn't have a humidity indicator in it, do you recommend this type of bator?

 

[poule de luxe]

So Far Katsdar, the humidity has been very easy to adjust, but like I wrote in my message, this is my first incubation, so it's too early to tell you if I recommend the brinsea or not. It has great reviews here in BYC, so I hope it was a good choice.

I can tell you more in 21 days....

 

[katsdar]

Does your have a humidity control knob?

 

[katsdar]

Good luck hope all hatches well

 

[Candyman]

Normally the temperature goes down suddenly when you put eggs inside any incubator, idk why it went up...
How is the temp going now? Did you reset it?

 

[poule de luxe]

I lowered it after an hour..... I was too scared that it would damage the egg (beeing too high).... It now stands at a 100F (mercury thermometer just after the fan) and my digital one says around 99F at egg level....

Ouf... so exciting and stressful at the same time!!!!

 

[Candyman]

101 wouldn't hurt the chicks I am sure, mine went to 102 the day I put my eggs in

but at day 7 candling all the ones viable were running around inside, so don't worry about it

and I trust my analog thermometers most....

 

[poule de luxe]

Thank you all for your precious advice....

we are at day 7 and we have 4 embryos out of 12!!