Where do u place your prob thermom? And can you incubate more than 42

k2chickens

Songster
10 Years
Joined
Apr 22, 2009
Messages
1,757
Reaction score
4
Points
171
Location
New Castle, Indiana
Just spent $30 bucks on a GQF Spot Check Temperature thermometer Probe for my Genesis 1588. I was wondering where you guy's hang/place your probe thermometers to get the most accurate readings. The first thought is to remove the red vent plug on the 1588 and just hang it down to egg level, but that hole is right next to the fan so i have no clue if the circulating air would effect the reading or not.

Also, as you know, an auto egg turner for the 1588 can only hold 42 egg's max. Well with all the egg's i have purchased i have acquired exactly 43 eggs thus far, and to boot my millie fleur d'uccle girls have just started laying. I plan to set tomorrow and will have about 4 millie egg's i want to set REAL BAD!!! lol. So my question is is there any way i could put some banty egg's in their some how to incubate with the rest of my egg's? Or do you think im just pushing it? I even thought about going out and buying a cheap LG to throw my extra egg's in, i just don't want to spend the money. I suppose their is some space in front of the motor i could put the banty egg's in but then i would have to hand turn, totally defeating the purpose of the auto turner i have in their in the first place.
 
Last edited by a moderator:
Is the Genesis a styrofoam bator? If it is ... just make a hole, if you need to. My ol' HovaBator has holes on the top, and I just place the probe in one of them, so that it is at the level of the top of the eggs.
 
try and place your therm probe as close to the eggs as possible. At the eggs is the only place that temps matter. As for your D'uccle eggs, if those girls just started laying, I think I would wait until the other eggs hatched and then collect the D'uccles for a seperate hatch. Some have good success with just started pullet eggs, but my experiences have shown more non-hatchers and deformed chicks. I prefer to wait at least 3 wks after start of laying before hatching any of my young pullet eggs.
 

New posts New threads Active threads

Back
Top Bottom