Alicewave
04-09-03, 07:39 AM
I am expecting some Leo eggs in the near future and I just got my hovabator yesterday. Since the directions it comes with apply to Chicken eggs, I am left with a few questions.
1. There are two wells in the bottom to put water in, one is thermal and the other circulate I think, do I fill only one with water or both? How often does the water need to be refilled?
2. Is the thermostat it comes with relativelty accurate/stable? I was hoping I'd be able to set a numerical temperature but it looks like I have to adjust the brass wafer thing until I get the temp i want. I tried attaching the incubator to my ESU thermostat so I can set the temp with that. It seems to work ok. I have a digital thermometer that tells me the max/min and when I set it at about 84 the min was 83 and the max was 85.9. Is that range ok?
3. Vermiculite or Perlite? Which do we like better and why? I have both but I'm not sure which will work better for Leo eggs.
4. How do you set the eggs up within the incubator? I have one of those glad ware delicup type things and I poked some small holes in the bottom and sides, but then I was not sure if I should use the lid or not. I was thinking of using a stocking instead. How deep does the perlite/vermiculite need to be?
Any other advice on successsful Leo egg incubation is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
1. There are two wells in the bottom to put water in, one is thermal and the other circulate I think, do I fill only one with water or both? How often does the water need to be refilled?
2. Is the thermostat it comes with relativelty accurate/stable? I was hoping I'd be able to set a numerical temperature but it looks like I have to adjust the brass wafer thing until I get the temp i want. I tried attaching the incubator to my ESU thermostat so I can set the temp with that. It seems to work ok. I have a digital thermometer that tells me the max/min and when I set it at about 84 the min was 83 and the max was 85.9. Is that range ok?
3. Vermiculite or Perlite? Which do we like better and why? I have both but I'm not sure which will work better for Leo eggs.
4. How do you set the eggs up within the incubator? I have one of those glad ware delicup type things and I poked some small holes in the bottom and sides, but then I was not sure if I should use the lid or not. I was thinking of using a stocking instead. How deep does the perlite/vermiculite need to be?
Any other advice on successsful Leo egg incubation is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.