Thank you all for your input.
I like to read outcomes of peoples hatching so ..
We had a scare the first night. With the temp & humidity so on the fritz, we turned on an external heater because inside the incubator was not reaching a desired temperature - we had done this throughout the last 3...
Thank you both. Early this morning we finally got a crack!! But the temp & humidity are even more sporadic now. We're trying to keep temp at 101 ish now but not sure if it would be OK to candle the egg at this point to determine the best humidity %. Any advice??
We made a homemade incubator in a Styrofoam cooler, a light inside and water at the bottom for humidity. Day1 Egg#1 started 3/14, Egg#2-4 started 3/15 and Egg#5 started 3/16. During the first 18 days the temp & humidity stayed fairly consistent for 99 degrees and 41% humidity. On Friday 4/1, we...