When incubators lie!!!!! Troubleshooting your incubator when you have temp issues.

[@BagsOfLuv]

Great video Zack… Because of your help in the past I have successfully hatched many Quail from my farm innovator incubator… I currently have 80 quails wild/Egyptian‘s after sending 20 males to Freezer camp yesterday. I’m happy with the 80 birds I’m getting a lot of eggs just started selling some. Thanks again Kate

[@MyshireFarm]

That is wonderful to hear!!!!! CONGRATS!!!! And good luck

[@Jennifer-tt1kf]

Yes I've had a GQF 1502 incubator for many years. It works great 👍.

[@MyshireFarm]

Yes in my experience that is the most reliable I have tried for sure

[@caseybrannen1950]

I have 2 of them and iv only had a few weeks and one is blowing cold air and the other won't maintain help

[@NOBULLTRICKS]

Hey Zack, I am an upcoming hatchery and I wanted to say thank you!

[@MyshireFarm]

That’s great. Congrats

[@NOBULLTRICKS]

@@MyshireFarm Could you please give me a shoutout or introduce me to some communities. I would highly appreciate it as a token for future growth :)

[@shannynwiggins8407]

I just watched your humidity video and now this one. I can’t thank you enough for sharing your experience!! I have watched a lot of incubating videos and read a lot of blogs and joined quail pages on Facebook etc, but your videos answered all of my questions! I have had all of the issues that you have spoken about. Too high, too early, too low, too hot, too cold, Too late, curled toes, wry neck etc etc. but that’s because I have been trying to get everything right after things went wrong. I have a 22% hatch rate at the mo ☹️ My secondhand cheap incubator really is a disaster though LOL and I’m looking forward to getting a small decent one. For a few reasons I’ve decided on a Borotto and I’ll buy the govee now and compare with incubator and my other separate hydrometer. I hhappenedto catch a video from another quail KZbinr about cleaning the fans! The borotto is very easy to do but I would never have considered cleaning the fans until seeing that video. I live in a hot part of Australia and I know all too well when the fan blades need cleaning and how much of a difference it makes when they clean. Thanks again so much for your videos. Very much appreciated.

[@MyshireFarm]

I am glad it helped. Good luck and I hope you get much better results.

[@shannynwiggins8407]

@@MyshireFarm thank you 😊

[@shadreckkatebe-p5m]

Thanks alot

[@MyshireFarm]

Thanks for watching

[@pineastomas3791]

Thank you for the video. I learned a lot from it. Now, when I acquire a separate temperature measuring device, how do I link it to the system so that the incubator reads from it and makes informed decisions?

[@MyshireFarm]

You would have to manually adjust the incubator, watching the 2nd device

[@dewaynehansford827]

I got a styrofoam incubator I cannot get it past 99.3 it will not go no higher or no lower that's been 3 days from running like that so thank you for your time and thank you and your videos does help a whole lot thank you for that Mr Zack

[@MyshireFarm]

Thanks for watching and the new video comes out today.

[@richardmckinney2646]

Best hatch I had my govee read a consistent 98.3-98.6. Been doing this 18 yrs. Jumbo whites are the most aggressive birds that I have ever raised

[@MyshireFarm]

That’s odd the whites are our most docile

[@shannynwiggins8407]

Oh wow yea my whites were so aggressive! They ended up on the plate. My friend said hers were the same. I have one that I have kept.

[@lorenaroma]

Thx for this so many are not addressing these issues and the companies want to act like it's something im doing and not their machines! I got a 10% hatch rate a MD a 6 percent hatch rate on the incuview on quail and 100% hatchrate on chickens and that was after I added a thermapro and external heating pad under the machine and elevated the incubator 4 "'s above the pad on low. This kept my incubator at exactly 99.5! But that incuview turner sucks for quail! Chickens works great.

[@judyswain9245]

Thank you so much

[@MyshireFarm]

Thanks for watching

[@LaSierraAcresQuailFarm]

First! love my GQF 1502!

[@MyshireFarm]

Welcome and yes it is AMAZING!

[@yudp238]

great video

[@MyshireFarm]

Thanks for watching

[@Lohn_Ad]

Thanks for the information

[@MyshireFarm]

Thanks for watching.

[@davidtilicea2088]

got a little giant incubator temp.verys from 98.8 to 100.6 have it wrapped with towels but still dose it

[@MyshireFarm]

You might need to move them into a different room

[@pineastomas3791]

If you could also assist, my incubator's main fan is not turning on, causing the temperature in the incubator to be very high and the warning sound to keep going off. I have tested the fan with an external power source, and it is running fine. However, it seems the machine is not signaling the fan to turn on.

[@MyshireFarm]

That I am not sure of. I would contact the manufacturer and they might have a simple solution or might replace

[@danielnixon6418]

Gday zack just wondering which model of Govee I should get ? I have a burotto 49 model incubator.

[@MyshireFarm]

Good luck and it is on our Amazon store which is www.Amazon.com/shop/myshirefarm But I don’t remember off the top of my head sorry

[@danielnixon6418]

@@MyshireFarm Thanks for that Zack I will perches a unit.

[@TexasSkyzFarm]

What would you recommend when every single themometer reads different. (Ex. with 4 themometers... 98, 99, 100 & 102) Which one do you believe? In getting a decent hatch rate but I feel it could be better. They are all hatching around day 18 to 19. No deformities. All babies that hatch are thriving.

[@jeff130]

I have the same question. I use multiple thermometers and get different readings on all of them. I'm using a forced air incubator.

[@billc3405]

Are all the thermometers in the same location inside the incubator ?

[@jeff130]

@@billc3405 In my case, I've tried swapping positions between meters and the values change, but don't match each other. In other words, meter A reads 99, meter B reads 100. I swap positions, meter A in the same spot as B might read 99.5, but meter B in the spot A was in reads 100.2. Which makes absolutely no sense.

[@billc3405]

@@jeff130 for sure then its the thermometers don't read the same. You may want to try to put them side by side in the same location then you would know for sure

[@MyshireFarm]

Most likely it is an insulation issue which you could wrap a blanket around the incubator and that should fix it or the fan is not working properly would be the 2 most common areas to look at.

[@morganflaherty9552]

Second time trying to hatch quail incubator temperature has fluctuated and dropped as low as 89 for I'm not sure wish me luck I'm insulated it and put more thermometers in it

[@MyshireFarm]

Good luck!!!!!

[@jarrodwierdo]

I have an incubator which has come with an alcohol thermometer which pokes through the top which says the temp is 105 Ferenheight, and i have 2 digital thermostats which say its 80 farenheight, which one should i trust because i have been told the alcohol thermostat is more reliable

[@MyshireFarm]

I would start by calibrating all three and see what they read after that.

[@RavenMarketingOfficial]

I had a hatch (chickens) that I forgot to take the auto turners out on day 18. I took them out on day 21. 2 pipped but did not get out, 1 hatched in day 25 and is healthy, 1 hatched on day 26 and is healthy. The rest died in egg. All were developed and alive on day 18. My incubator struggles to stay at the right temp, so I have a blanket around it. When I open to observe, trouble shoot or candle, the temp drops and takes an hour or do to recover. Any further advise. It’s a simple plastic 49 egg auto turn incubator

[@MyshireFarm]

It sounds like a humidity issue at lockdown:

[@umiterturk8782]

Hey zack, my incubator temp went down 1.5 degrees first 2 days of the incubation. I have it set on 99.5 now using a hydrometer. Will the temp going down first few days affect the hatch?

[@MyshireFarm]

They will take longer to hatch so let them go until day 22

[@umiterturk8782]

@@MyshireFarm thank you zack and when should I stop turning them?

[@jizoofficial2738]

Shalom everyone! The temp reading of my incubator is showing 37.8 C, but the outside of it is cold on touching (I mean the incubator's outer surface is feeling cold), is this normal please? Thanks in advance for your answer, God bless.

[@MyshireFarm]

Not usually. I would wrap your incubator with a blanket and help insulate

[@michaelmaxfield3977]

Zach, what do you think of the Govee bluetooth hydrometer/ temp , that you can check with your phone??

[@MyshireFarm]

I have had great success with it

[@MrLiniment]

Hey zack I’ve had 30 eggs in my grandads old still air for 13 days Around day 10 I think the incubator temp rod got bumped and over night the temp jumped to 106 Took me a full day to to get the temp re adjusted to 99.5 I haven’t candled yet was going to wait till day 15 How worried should I be about the high temp over night

[@MyshireFarm]

106 if that is a true reading would have cooked the eggs unfortunately. So good luck hope it was not reading correctly.

[@conniebertucci3432]

Zack the second day of lockdown... Of course we left for 4 hours, we came back to a huge humidity problem. One corner of our farm innovator was full of humidity, to the point of rain. What might the problem be? Everything was perfect before we left. Fifteen eggs failed to hatch after that. I don't know what we could have done about the humidity.

[@MyshireFarm]

It is hard to say why. If it was a table top is it possible that it was uneven and the water all went to one side?

[@JaredMMcCool]

Did any hatch? The hatching of chicks naturally causes a rise in humidity.

[@conniebertucci3432]

Interesting... Of course that would happen.

[@JNoMooreNumbers]

I use 3 thermometers and hygrometers. If one's way off then it goes.

[@MyshireFarm]

Good practice

[@davidlister2438]

Can you expand on the term 'Blood rings', please? I always pick something up from your videos!

[@MyshireFarm]

When canceling you might see a red ring around the egg which means they started development but then ended.

[@davidlister2438]

@@MyshireFarm Did you mean 'When candeling...'? Gotta love spellcheck!

[@lakelillianhomestead5212]

I am having trouble with my temperature being off by 1 degree and my quail won’t hatch. I was hatching quail every month prior to this issue.

[@MyshireFarm]

Insulate your incubator and that should fix the issue

[@sureshkumar4140]

I had an incubator. the temparature is going up even after cutoff temperature point too. please suggest a solution for me. I'm desparate

[@MyshireFarm]

It could be a fan issue or you can insulate the incubator and see if that stabilizes it

[@sureshkumar4140]

@@MyshireFarm I see that it is not the fan but had a doubt about the Air circulation and temperature. The temperature is cutting off at 37.9 but the reading is going up until 38.3 and coming down. I think there is an issue with thermodynamics. Please suggest some solution.

[@uroszalik1660]

my incubator is raising temperrature very slowly, like in 2 hours mybe 1*C

[@MyshireFarm]

Wrap it with a blanket and that should help insulate it.

[@tamimcquatters5970]

Zack what do I do my incubator keeps turning off and on? Is there a setting process I can do? The book doesn’t tell me shit on it?? Help please!!🙏

[@MyshireFarm]

I would call your incubator manufacturer as I have never had this issue

[@04DynaGlyde]

Does anyone know how long an egg incubator can be unplugged before the hatching eggs are destroyed? Unfortunately, I believe one of my dogs unplugged the egg incubator. I don't know if it happened last night or this morning. What can/should I do? When I saw the incubator off tonight, my heart sank. I've plugged it back in and will check the eggs on Monday with a light. It will have been 7 days since the eggs have been incubating. I feel horrible!

[@MyshireFarm]

It is at most 7-10 hours before it effects the hatch.

[@geraldbronson9949]

Hi Zach hope you read and GOD gives a good laugh and a great smile so here we go Why did the chicken cross the road To show the raccoon it could be done 👍 Oh here's another one would you like me to send you some quail eggs? They will be hard boiled so the hatch rate will be too long but you have to peel them yourself and have a GREAT day GOD bless and enjoy

[@MyshireFarm]

Thanks for watching and good luck.

[@buckreynolds7475]

Do you still have the live chat

[@MyshireFarm]

We will be starting back up soon

[@buckreynolds7475]

Ok I want to buy some birds

[@cherylcarbino189]

Can not find that meter?

[@MyshireFarm]

Www.Amazon.com/shop/myshirefarm

[@DannyLopez-l1l]

What if it saying it’s to hot

[@MyshireFarm]

Then you would need to lower the temp if it really is too hot

[@lorenaroma]

Im getting eggs from a guy that got them from you. Im not have good hatch rates at all. The incuview makes the eggs turn all different directions and get alll bunched tpgether. I had 6 hatch out of 44 eggs and i had to help several out. Then i hatched chicken eggs and got 100% hatchrate. The machine didnt keep accurate temperature. I got an external thermapro with two sensors that proved the machine temp was completely off. I ended up uzing a heating pad under the machine for the chicken eggs and got the 100% hatch rate. I didnt have it touching the machine i actually had the incubator sitting on coasters wlevated above the heating pad and it kept the incubator exactly at 99.5

[@MyshireFarm]

Sorry to hear that but congrats on your chicken hatch.