No, nonono. This egg came from under a duck who was sitting on chicken and duck eggs. I didn't want her leaving her eggs when the chicks hatched because chicks take 21 days and ducks take 28 days. I didn't think she had been sitting on them long enough for them to germinate and the other egg I removed from the nest is on a par with the other eggs in the incubator. I am thinking that when the hens (ducks and chickens) were laying in the same nest this egg was one of the first laid when the duck became broody. At first I didn't remove the eggs, it took me a while to figure out if I wanted to let her hatch the chicken eggs or sit longer and hatch the duck eggs. The duck eggs won because I thought it might confuse her if her babies didn't want to get into the water to swim.
I use 2 Little Giant incubators and the newer one, bought this year, has a fan but the older one is still air. I bought egg turners and temp/humidity meters for both of them. Now, I am not good at keeping records but I am working on it. My chicks, at times, have started hatching as early as day 18 and all of them are usually done by the end of day 21. Last year, I did hatches without knowing what the humidity was in the incubator. The LG incubators come with a little thermometer like the old fashioned mercury thermometers but no way to measure the humidity. Earlier this year I had a hatch of 22 chicks out of 32 (I added extras and the others hatched later) it was a staggered hatch. I did not plan for a staggered hatch, a broody left a nest of eggs I put them in the incubator and they hatched a week earlier than I expected. For that hatch I didn't have the temp/humidity meter so I kept the water troughs full of water. What has happened since then makes me amazed that any of them hatched. When we got a temp/humidity meter, from Walmart, I found the humidity was really high, mostly because it was raining a lot here. I couldn't get the humidity down at all. I removed the water a bit at a time from the incubator until there was none left and it still was over 50%. There was nothing I could do or knew to do so they had to hatch like that. I did have more hatches but they were not good. One thing you should know is that I read when you wash the Styrofoam incubators it takes a long time for them to dry out. So, when I removed all the water, that might have been why the humidity was still so high. I did not know this at that time.
Since I bought the 2nd incubator, my hatches haven't been good either but I have high hopes for this one. I don't know if I will do another or not but I am very tempted to try another incubator full and hand turn them again like I was doing last year and earlier this year.
As for my temps, I try to keep them right at 99 - 100. With my Little Giants, once I get them set and they are steady, I just unplug them when I am done with them. I don't mess with the knobs and when I want to use them again, I just plug them in and let them sit for 24 hours to see if they are remaining steady. For some reason, they do fluctuate now and then and I need to tweak the knob because it is at 98 or 102 but within a few hours or a day, they have stabilized again. I only worry about them when I first start them up for the year. Then again, like every chicken mama and daddy, I stop and look in every time I pass them. LOL
I didn't mean to write a book but if you have more questions, just ask. It might take me a while to get back to you but I will. Sylvia
We candled our 11 eggs tonight, and have 8 eggs with movement and veins! We have them under our broody hen and we're so excited! It's our first ever hatch. They could be silkies, frizzles or sizzles. They're due on August 9th. I'm looking forward to going on this journey with you all. 
