Tweeking a Thermostat???Need Info

[Lotsapaints]

If you click on your profile up above you can find the topics you've subscribed to and to do a quick search is on the right there is a search box I just typed in temperature swings and clicked it this page changes to the search and you can find what you're looking for maybe

 

[wolftracks]

OK the one I tried to make was the 3rd one. Birdbrains Bator, but duh..........now I see they used a wafer thermo. Why did I not get that through my head?

Tomorrow I'm moving thermos closer to the heat sources.

 

[4HillsSumatras]

I have been getting air temp swings from 97.5 - 102. My fake egg reads from 98.8 - 99.7. Should I be most concerned on the fake egg temp or air temp? My thermostat is also a water heater one but is mounted in the middle of the bator off the wall about 2 inches. Do you think if I moved it beside one of the bulbs I could maintain a more stable air temp?

https://www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=36989-cabnit-incubator

 

[Lotsapaints]

I'd go with the fake egg that's what counts. In my incubator not home made it has swings just like yours too my eggs hatch so that's what really counts.

 

[wolftracks]

So far I don't see a difference moving the thermo, but only been 1/2 hour. I'll let you know if this is going to work.

 

[4HillsSumatras]

This is our 2nd batch in our homemade incubator. Our first hatch did not go so well but i;m not sure if the bator was at fault. we set 23 bantam cochin eggs. 7 from a new very young bird we got back in feb. 0 of his eggs hatched. The others were from a 2 year old trio of blacks. We only hatched 6 of those. All temps and humidity looked tp stay stable though the whole time. I think the problem with the blacks was when we started collecting the eggs we cagged the trio. I dont think they mated in the cage. Who knows!

I really want these to do alot better.

We bougt these eggs. I did not have them shipped, we drove to the man's house and picked them up.

Thanks for the info so far.

 

[Lotsapaints]

I hope they hatch better for you this time picking them up helps as long as those eggs are fertile.