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    Incubator Chinese No name JN 48 Manual

    Hi Mark After the first run, and after stayed up all last night, our first egg cracked in the morning 9AM, then nothing really started to happen until midnight last night when we had our first chicken. I stayed up following another 5 hatching and checking on the humidity, we aimed to keep 65-70...
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    Incubator Chinese No name JN 48 Manual

    Dear Mark, During this past 18 days, we have been tilting the incubator 3-4 times per day left and right by putting a piece of wood that is around 5 cm high, temperature has been fine and humidity has on two occasions dropped down to 38% otherwise we kept it around 40-50% as it has been quite...
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    Incubator Chinese No name JN 48 Manual

    Hi Mark, Well we did have one egg that began to hatch, but unfortunately the chicken died. During this past week, we have given 3 eggs to a friends relative that has a broody chicken to hatch for us, which also let us borrow a book about poultry. I do have some matters that I would like your...
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    Incubator Chinese No name JN 48 Manual

    Hi Mark, We have done the candling of the eggs now, and there is one left. Realizing that the eggs may have been too old, and that the eggs at the time of collecting could be handled so the yolk was broken, had lots of clear eggs and a few with a black lump that was moving around. We are on...
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    Incubator Chinese No name JN 48 Manual

    Hi Mark, For the moment, it has been steady both temp and humidity, for a day and a half now. cross my fingers. Until about 1 hour or so later, humidity drop again, luckily we just got in to check and the alarm had gone off.. and temperature was low as well Tonight we tried to wrap a...
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    Incubator Chinese No name JN 48 Manual

    Dear Mark, The last two nights, we have had the alarm setting off due to low humidity at 3.30AM, and a temperature drop from 37.5 to 36 degrees in the morning from 3.30AM to 6AM. Temperature is holding 37.2-37.5 during the days. Yes we are going to candle the eggs so are working on to get...
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    Incubator Chinese No name JN 48 Manual

    Hi Mark! I have been using the front channel for adding water, and my friend has alternated but only one at the time. Humidity has settled down since yesterday and has been 56% yesterday. This morning, my friend was woken up by the alarm, humidity was 41% and temperature was either 33 or 37...
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    Incubator Chinese No name JN 48 Manual

    PS, the temperature has been on a manual thermometer around 36-37 degrees, those times when it was 36, I increased the temp on the display to 38.8 two days ago. Now with the digital reader, the temp shows to be very close 38.7. Is it safe to reduce it down gradually to 37.5 over a few days? What...
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    Incubator Chinese No name JN 48 Manual

    Dear Mark, Yesterday we put a digital hygrometer inside the incubator, the outside panel shows 55-58% and the digital reader showed 72%. Any advice please, Thanks Marie
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    Incubator Chinese No name JN 48 Manual

    Hi Mark, Being a newbie and doing this for the first time.. currently a manual thermometer shows 37 degrees and will get a digital as well to have the exact temp, and the humidity has been steady now 63%, my concern that is it to high as reading the manual where it said 55% for the first 18...
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    Incubator Chinese No name JN 48 Manual

    Hi Mark, Thanks for your answer. So far I have been able to set the temperature, and humidity was when I left this morning 62-63 %. I have placed 11 eggs in there as well as manual thermometer to check the temperature. I started it this morning so will go and check the temperature in the next...
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    Incubator Chinese No name JN 48 Manual

    {scroll down to see the attached manual in post #5} I am currently working with this incubator, so far I have no manual with and have watched videos too see what others have done. We started it last night and the last update is that the humidity is 58 % and there has been no turning operation...
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