My thermometer is just a Taylor bulb thermometer from fleet farm, they had probably 20 different thermometers hanging near each other I looked them over and picked one that seemed to have consistent readings with others, my hygrometer is a little round one from a pet store made to stick to the...
My first hatch I tried a partial load in the incubator and used the thermometer that was provided with the incubator which needless to say was a piece of garbage, it didn't go well at all I didn't have anything hatch, I got a new thermometer and put in a full load of eggs for my 2nd try, I...
Being a little crowded in the incubator for a couple days won't hurt them, what I get concerned with is the heat and humidity in there, last time my humidity was very high, I couldn't see in the windows because of the condensation once the eggs started pipping and hatching, this time I am going...
It doesn't look like anything to me, a clear egg, I hold off on candling until later like day 10, that is when I can really start to see development. At day 4 it can be hard to see anything.
You can leave the chicks in for up to 3 days, the chicks rolling the other eggs won't likely hurt them just watch that they don't push chunks of already hatched eggs over the hatching eggs, I had one do that and get dried on over the pip of a hatching egg and it ended up dying, who knows for...