First time incubating!!!

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whiterooster329 said:
I'm not sure? What is the difference, or how do I find out? My husband knows more than I do about the incubator, I have researched on the whole growth and progress part. But that's why I'm so worried, I really am pretty ignorant to this, but I want to hatch them so badly that I'm winging it. I'm only hopeful because of the one hatching, it leads me to believe that I'm doing something kind of right?
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If it has a fan to circulate air it's a forced air incubator. If it doesn't have a fan it's still air.
 
Oh....
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Lol. That's embarrassing, No fan...
 
Egghead_Jr said:
Give it another day and call it quits if you don't see movement in a float test. Temp is 99.5F for forced air and 101.5 F for a still air measured at top level of eggs.
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So then I guess my problem is temp? Does it kill them to be a little below?​
 
Yes, too low temp will make it unlikely that they will survive long enough and have the strength to hatch. An other concern is that you are doing a staggered hatch. That makes it very difficult to succeed with the chicks that are coming along with a later due date. Have you read Hatching 101 in the Learning center? Lots of good info there that will answer questions you didn't even know you had, and make your next hatch much more likely to be successful. I wish you the best.
 
I haven't actually. I know, the reason behind the staggered hatch was because of when they were eating them, we took them away everyday. That was the only way to break the habit and also the only way of trying to hatch them. Well I do thank you.. and also everyone who answered me Thank you as well!
 
whiterooster329 said:

So then I guess my problem is temp? Does it kill them to be a little below?​
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My first hatch I had 17 eggs go into lockdown. They looked a bit behind but I was just hoping that it was jsut my beginner's inexperienced eye. I was relying on a brand new unchecked thermometer. I had one hatcher at day 24 that survived and one at 25 that did not. All said and done I checked the thermometer after and it was 6 degrees off. So when I thought it had stayed 99-100 during incubation it was 93-94F I was lucky to have the one survive that did. So yes, if they are significantly lower than the temps needed for a long period of time it can compromise the hatch.
 

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