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#1 11/07/2009 12:28 am
- chayton
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99 degrees or 100.5 degrees which is best
after putting 24 eggs in on Wednesday I cant get my incubator to settle on 99.5. I have a fan in my incubator and everything I have read says the temp needs to be on 99.5 if I have a fan.
I am using a electronic temp control with +/-1 degree differential. If I set my controller on 98 my temps stays mostly on 99 with an occasional rise to 99.5 in incubator, if I set my controller on 99 the incubator stays at 100.5.
Which should I go with lower or higher temp????
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#2 11/07/2009 12:52 am
- KellyHM
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Re: 99 degrees or 100.5 degrees which is best
Either one of those should be fine. My incubator that has a fan runs around 100.5. I have great hatches out of it, but the chicks are usually a day or 2 early...which I kind of like anyways b/c I don't have to wait as long!
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#3 11/07/2009 12:57 am
Re: 99 degrees or 100.5 degrees which is best
range between them will be great. 
some people love 100 deg, perhaps because the number show 100 then they dream to have 100% hatch rate 
,that's real good wish tough. you can't have 101 hatch rate, perhaps 101 dalmatian.
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#4 11/07/2009 3:11 am
- cbiblis
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Re: 99 degrees or 100.5 degrees which is best
I have scene good hatch rates at 95 - 102 degrees. I prefer 99.5. You can accomplish this if you know how to solder. Drop you potentiometer down by one size. It will tighten the temperature range. Good luck.
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#5 11/07/2009 3:43 am
- canter6
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Re: 99 degrees or 100.5 degrees which is best
A few degrees here or there doesn't matter. What matters is...a good thermometer and most importantly GOOD EGGS.
Even the best incubator can't hatch bad eggs.
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#6 11/07/2009 5:36 am
Re: 99 degrees or 100.5 degrees which is best
Go with the lower temp.
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