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Originally Posted by mattmartin47 
Ok folks I went and bought a digital thermometer/hygrometer and my humidity level is running around 41-46% but I had to raise the temp by about six degrees because the mercury thermometer was about 6-7 degrees low. I'm assuming the digital one is the one I should go by right? Will that big of temp difference do you think it hurt the eggs any? Thanks..
Ok folks I went and bought a digital thermometer/hygrometer and my humidity level is running around 41-46% but I had to raise the temp by about six degrees because the mercury thermometer was about 6-7 degrees low. I'm assuming the digital one is the one I should go by right? Will that big of temp difference do you think it hurt the eggs any? Thanks..
First let me say I have never hatched turkeys... If you went to tsc you probably got a little giant incubator. Don't listen to all the nasty things people say about them, they take finesse and careful patient watching. I recommend you read the thread "little giant tricks" or something very close to that. I use an lg and I have 90% hatch rates.
With a still air incubator your goal is to get the CENTER of the egg to 99*, but you have still air... So you have 3 thermometers. One on top of the eggs, one sitting on the screen, and one resting at the middle of the eggs (set it on a paperback you don't care about). Some people use aquarium thermometers because they are small, cheap, and pretty reliable.
I use a little giant with an autoturner and fan kit. I dry hatch my chicken eggs and have been using 40% humidity on my duck eggs. Please keep us posted, and good luck.
1 husband, 1 son, 1 daughter, 1 cat, 3 dogs, 6 ducks, 7 turkeys, too many chickens of all ages and stages, and bunches of fish... Do you wonder why I'm nutts?
1 husband, 1 son, 1 daughter, 1 cat, 3 dogs, 6 ducks, 7 turkeys, too many chickens of all ages and stages, and bunches of fish... Do you wonder why I'm nutts?
