Wafer issues?

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I have a havobator with about 20 turkey eggs in it they have been in there for 8 days now. The past couple days the temp keeps fluxing from 97 to 102 I cant keep it steady. I went ahead and ordered a new wafer yesterday but they cant ship it till Tuesday and I live in a remote area so I cant get it for upwards to 3 weeks. Do you guys think this is a ok operating range? Any ideas on how to get the temp steady? Will this be a ok operating range will they survive these temps? Any help is greatly appercaited im worried and don't know what to do here for the best.
 
Do you have windows open with fluctuating air in the house? If so, that can be contributing to the issue. They operate best when the room retains the same temperature, when around 70 degrees. When adjusting the wafer for small changes, it's 1/4 turn or less, and you have to wait an hour before you can see if the adjustment was too much or too little. Basically baby sitting, one small turn up or down at a time until it holds steady. But it won't hold steady if the room temp changes dramatically through out the day, in the case of open windows.

It may not be an issue to the eggs, you should get some to hatch, as long as the temp never stayed too low for too long, or too hot. They may hatch early if it was consistently too high, or hatch late if the range was usually under 100. When you replace the wafer, lay several towels over the eggs to retain heat during the project. That will give you some more time to work, about an hour, maybe more.

The incubators are ventilated on the bottom, and subject to change when the air in the room changes. It might still be the wafer, if you have ruled out room air and how often you adjust it. Adjusting it too frequently, more than 1/4 turn, can become an endless hassle. I've had tiny 1/8th turns help stabilize them, a full 1/4 turn being too much.

Good luck!
 
Thx for the advice but I have hatched many hatches in this incubator and I just finished a Cayuga hatch when I noticed the temp problems. Now im in a pickle so to speak with my turkeys I have 4 different breed of turkey eggs and it will be quite devastating to lost any at this point :(.
 

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