Was your 1588 TOO HOT when you did your first hatch from it???????????

[Chipper]

Mine has always been right on from day 1.I have noticed that mine will run 2*hotter at the top than it does at egg level.Even with the fan,some of the warmer air will still rise up around it.
For those checking your temps,make sure you do it at egg level in your bator and your humidity is stable.

 

[BawGock]

Mine ran perfect right out the box when I bought it last year. Ran 3 sets that all hatched on the 21st day.
Got it out this season and ran it for a day before setting my eggs and it was running right in the 99.5-100 range.
Set the eggs and it never recovered back to those temps, stayed right at the 98.5-98.8 range.
After a couple days of it running at these temps. I did reset the temp higher to get it back in the range I wanted and they hatched out at 21 days
Now I'm setting a new hatch and it's running perfectly around 99.5.
Carolyn

 

[k2chickens]

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that's good, i think im going to bump it down a full degree when i get the chance, can't do i now since i have egg's in there already....not important egg's....but future chicks none the less.

 

[HickoryGuy]

Well, I'm on Day 16 of my first run with my 1588. So far I have 25 of 42 eggs that have large dark blobs in them. The other 17 never started or quit early.

The little thermometer that came with the unit is reading right on 99.5. I have a Springfield digital thermometer and it's reading 102.0. I don't know which to believe.

If for some reason this hatch doesn't work out right and it turns out that the temp. was too high on this "pre-set" unit, I'm going to be severely p.o.'d, given how highly touted this thing was. That's why I paid the extra money--for peace of mind, but right now I'm pretty frazzled.

We shall see.

 

[Burbs]

Mine has drifted up and down. Resetting to the factory default has worked so far for me. I would try that first before adjusting.

 

[CityGirlintheCountry]

Mine just came out of the box and I haven't used it yet. Should I just start by resetting the switches to the factory default?

 

[Burbs]

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It doesn't hurt, but you might as well let it run for a while and see what it is doing. Mine was fine out of the box and drifted later.

 

[IggiMom]

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I never believe ever the little thermometers that come with incubators.

My thermometer that I have faith in is a probe thermometer from GQF.

I think that you have to check all incubators for accuracy in temp, although plenty of people say that their Genesis ran the right temp from the word go.

Mine did not.

The instructions that come with it, I think anyway, I can't find mine right now, do say that you should hatch eggs that are not too important to you until you are sure that everything is going right, especially the temp.

Of course that is hard to do.

Naturally you want to start right off doing something really fun and important--but better not. Just go outside and collect some eggs and test the incubator with them.

Catherine

 

[equine chick]

I have two. Mine ran perfect for the first few batches and then got hot and had to be adjusted.

 

[BawGock]

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Don't get too frazzled

I'm pretty sure the directions (unless they changed them) say not to trust any thermometer but to run a batch of cheap test eggs and see when they hatch before making adjustments.
Don't loose faith yet

You picked a good bator that doesn't have you chasing the temperature around for 21 days.
I just ordered a second 1588 I like mine that much

Carolyn