![]() ![]() If your digital incubator is working correctly, it should adjust automatically. This is the main reason for your continual checking of the incubator. Up until now, you have been providing all of the heat, now the eggs are putting off some heat as well. The eggs will start producing their own heatĪfter a few days, as the embryo grows inside the egg, it also starts to put off heat. You’ll need to open the incubator to check for that there is water in the bottom and you’ll need to turn the eggs, unless you have automatic turners.Īfter you open the incubator for your turning or humidity checks, check back very often to see that it has returned to the appropriate temperature.ĭon’t open the incubator during temperature checks, just look through the viewing window and see how the temperature looks on the thermometer. If the incubator is in a room that does not have a steady temperature, all of this checking is critical.Īs the room changes temperature for the day or night the incubator will need adjusted, as well.įor example: using the incubator in an uninsulated garage or on the porch will be more difficult (due to temperature fluctuations) than using an incubator in the house. You are looking at the thermometer you have placed under the window, but on top of the eggs. To check the incubator, you look into the observation window on the top. The reason for all of this checking is that you need to make sure that the temperature is holding. We are talking, check it 20+ times per day. Check the egg incubator frequently during the day Small turns make a big difference, I’m talking like a quarter turn (90 degrees) then come back and check the temp. Here’s the temperature adjustment on our still air incubator. This is the behavior that you are mimicking by angling the carton of hatching eggs.Ĭhange the angle of the hatching eggs once or twice a day, until you have enough of them for the incubator. What about the angle part? A chicken doesn’t angle her nest! True, she doesn’t but she does tend and turn the eggs even before setting. Hatching eggs should be stored at room temperature and on an angle.ĭo not put these eggs in the fridge, that’s not how a chicken would do it! Hatching eggs also need to be fresh, less than one week old. This layer will get removed by washing, don’t do it. The outside of the egg has a layer called the cuticle or bloom. Even if you are willing to wash off the dirt, still no. The eggs you choose for your incubator need to be perfect. Use fresh, fertile, unwashed eggs to hatch This is how the hen (duck or chicken) would do it, as well.īe sure to mark the start of incubation on your calendar, to eliminate confusion and ensure you are candling on the right days. Incubate one batch of eggs at a timeĪlso, start the incubator with all of the eggs you are going to use, do not add eggs as you go. The hatching needs for each bird differ slightly, so keep each incubator to one species of egg at a time. Have patience, you’ll get there! Incubate chicks at 100, waterfowl at 103īe sure you are setting your temperatures at the right level for the eggs you are hatching.Ĭhicken eggs need to incubate at 100 degrees for 21 days.ĭuck eggs need to incubate at 103 degrees for 28 days. If your incubator adjusts manually, this will take some fine tuning. You’ll want to do a “practice run” with your incubator to make sure that it is holding temperature and to get it set close to what you’ll need to incubate your eggs. Set up the incubator a day ahead of putting in the eggs You can see this one is dusty, we’ve had it for 5+ years and I just go it out of storage for the picture. The ruler on top of the incubator shows the size. Get an incubator with some size, like the square Styrofoam ones. I know there are some really cute little table top style incubators available to buy, resist the temptation. Large incubators will have a more stable temperature than a smaller incubator. ![]()
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