The Poultry Keeper

jaydee67 · Posted: Fri May 13, 2005 2:35 pm Post subject: may have solved the hatching prob

The incubator thermometer on our nice new bator is fastened to the inside of the top of the bator in a neat tube, secured with a cable tie. A little hard to read when the bator was closed but we managed.

Embarassed

A friend wants to borrow the bator so was checking everything was there and re-reading the instructions. There it was - 'insert the thermometer in the hole on the upper part of the appliance keeping it in a perfect vertical position.' Oops - anyone want to bet the temp in the bator wasn't right? and that the tube was packaging?

Embarassed

Knobby · Posted: Fri May 13, 2005 2:37 pm Post subject:

ALWAYS READ THE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE USING !!!! Very Happy

jaydee67 · Posted: Fri May 13, 2005 2:39 pm Post subject:

Would you believe I did?

Knobby · Posted: Fri May 13, 2005 2:44 pm Post subject:

Not very well tho' !!!! Confused

jaydee67 · Posted: Fri May 13, 2005 2:50 pm Post subject:

Don't - I feel bad enough as it is! Only have 4 chicks left now. Crying or Very sad

Knobby · Posted: Fri May 13, 2005 2:54 pm Post subject:

Sorry......didnt think about that ! Sad

Me & my big mouth !!!

George · Joined: 14 Apr 2005 Posts: 5661 Location: London

It probably wasn't massively out though, if it was inside the incubator anyway, it would just change the reading slower than it normally would

The air inside it's protective tube would warm to the same temperature as the rest of the incubator Wink

jaydee67 · Posted: Fri May 13, 2005 4:14 pm Post subject:

Thanks George. Although I don't want to be the cause of the prob - it would be nice in a way to think I had solved the prob. Bit of a double edged sword.

mojo · Posted: Fri May 13, 2005 5:55 pm Post subject: mojo here

Jaydee NEW INSTRUCTIONS......please find 12 eggs of favoured breed place in incuby when empty. after correcting temperature and then RAISE CHICKS..........dont worry if we fools didnt read manuals properly is that why do they write them so badly.................luv mojo

jaydee67 · Posted: Sat May 14, 2005 12:06 pm Post subject:

These are hilarious in places mojo - translated literally from Italian! Only eggs being raised around here at the moment are under broodies - both in teh same box and one keeps stealing the eggs so will have to go seperate them soon.