incubator help

[anokas]

i have an incubator who´s heating is made with halogen heat lamps
my eggs are drying and wrinkling
the humidity is at 80%
and the temperature is at 28 degrees celsius



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[Blue Apple Herps]

I would get rid of the lamps. I imagine they're giving too concentrated heat and that's what is drying out your eggs. See if you can get a UTH, flexwatt, or even fill the bottom with water and use aquarium heaters to heat the water and then build a plat form to put the egg boxes on so they're not in the water.

Also, 28 is pretty warm for corn eggs. 23.5-26.5 I think would be a better temp, for us here in the states, that's often room temp, and some, including myself don't even use an incubator. I just put them in the top of a closet. So if your house is warm enough and stays at a fairly constant temp you could do that if you can't fix yuor incubator issues.

 

[wade]

I agree with Matt. Your setup would be fine except I think the lights are going to be too intense. It doesn’t take much heat to keep the temperature around 25*C. That is barely warmer than the ambient temperature.

I think you also need to cover the eggs. If you don’t have lids for those containers, put a piece of plastic wrap over them to keep the humidity in.

 

[anokas]

now i have cable
the temperatures are fine... 28 degrees
but i have put some boxs on top of the other ones and the box of the top are 29 degrees and the others 28 degrees... do you think 29 degrees is bad? o is ook?

 

[carnivorouszoo]

Everyone said you need to LOWER your temps. 28 celcius is too hot, I read one person above said 23.5 to 25. You need to cool them a bit or you might cook them.