Question about incubation temperatures

[PythonWallace]

Is it ok for egg boxes in the last week or so to get over 90 degrees, or do you turn the whole incubator down to compensate for the hottest egg box? I have four clutches in my incubator right now, and the clutch that is going to hatch this week is obviously generating more heat than the others. I've been turning down the thermostat to keep the hottest box at 89-90, but I want to know if it is safe to leave the thermostat at 89 and let the older eggs get up over 90 in the last week.

[Somed00d]

What I did was remove the press-n-seal on the egg box (if your using press-n-seal) and the temps dropped down to normal.
Controlling the humidity at this late stage is not as important as in the beginning.

[PythonWallace]

What I did was remove the press-n-seal on the egg box (if your using press-n-seal) and the temps dropped down to normal.
Controlling the humidity at this late stage is not as important as in the beginning.

I do all substrateless incubation, so I don't use press-n-seal. I thought about replaing the lid with one that has ventilation holes in it, but since they aren't in any substrate I thought they might get too dry. Plus I don't want the inside of my incubator to get too humid with all the ellectronic components in there.

[BT41042]

Really depends on how much over 90F we're talking Jake...If your talking 91F - I won't sweat it but I wouldn't want to go to much higher than that...Have you checked the temps on the bottom shelves of you incubator?

[PythonWallace]

Really depends on how much over 90F we're talking Jake...If your talking 91F - I won't sweat it but I wouldn't want to go to much higher than that...Have you checked the temps on the bottom shelves of you incubator?

It's a 120qt Igloo cooler incubator, so there isn't much vertical space. The boxes are stacked 2 high and I have 2 powerful fans circulating the air good in there. Everything's pretty even except for egg boxes that have sweating eggs. What's your recipe in these situations. If I had a fridge incubator I'd move the older boxes to the bottom to stay a little cooler than the ones at the top, but my temps are even throughout.

[BT41042]

It's a 120qt Igloo cooler incubator, so there isn't much vertical space. The boxes are stacked 2 high and I have 2 powerful fans circulating the air good in there. Everything's pretty even except for egg boxes that have sweating eggs. What's your recipe in these situations. If I had a fridge incubator I'd move the older boxes to the bottom to stay a little cooler than the ones at the top, but my temps are even throughout.

I use a frig so I only have a recipe for vertical space...I'd just be safe rather than sorry and adjust your temps so they don't go over 91F...What day is this clutch on?

[PythonWallace]

I use a frig so I only have a recipe for vertical space...I'd just be safe rather than sorry and adjust your temps so they don't go over 91F...What day is this clutch on?

Thanks BT. It's day 50, and one that's day 42 is starting to sweat.

[BT41042]

Thanks BT. It's day 50, and one that's day 42 is starting to sweat.

The clutch at day 50 would have been cut at my house......I bet you'll see little heads here shortly...Good luck bro -

[PythonWallace]

The clutch at day 50 would have been cut at my house......I bet you'll see little heads here shortly...Good luck bro -

Yeah, I would have cut them today, but it's a breeder loan so I have to be responsible.