Last winter i had mine in a unheated shelter with a shop flouresent light on at night and they never slowed down on laying. and i had a 25 watt bulb on my chickens and they laid all winter. sojono
I had that problem on my first hatch just dying for no reason that i could tell.then i started putting teramycin in water and i haven't lost any since. i have had several hatches since i started using it. hope this helps. sojono.
I always have good hatch rates with my lg if i buy another one it will be a lg.it reminds me of some people don't like fords and some don't like chevys as long as they do the job what more could you ask for.sojono.
i think many worry to much about temp. some times my digital reads 97 sometimes it reads 99 mostly but i had a power outage and it dropped to 84 degrees and they are hatching now out of 42 eggs i bet that 30 or more have hatched will be tomorrow before i will know for sure but i know that hens...
i have a lg and my digital reads 99 deg. at egg level and the regular reads 102 at top of eggs and i have great hatches with my own eggs around 90 percent hatches. sojono.
we had a power outage about a week ago in the ice storm and my temp dropped to 84 degrees and they are hatching now i didn't think any would hatch but my lg is full of peeping fuzzy butts. .sojono.
Life will never be the same again. when i have one batch to hatch i have more to go in soon as the bator gets dry from cleaning.I wish i had never set that first egg.sojono.
I do like Catherine when i go into lockdown i cover the wire mesh with the rubber shelf paper $1.00 a roll from the dollar store then when they are through hatching you can wash it and use it again it helps to keep the bottom of bator clean.sojono.