Blooie.....I'm no expert, but I did stay at a holiday inn express once....
i don't think incubating has to be super difficult, or technical.
think the hardest part, is getting a trustworthy reading from your instruments. once you got them calibrated, and get the incubator dialed in (running at an even, correct temp, and humidity), it pretty much runs itself.
couple of things I learned from my first hatch. Take note of where your AC vents are blowing on the incubator. we go thru some pretty big temp/humidity swings this time of year. cold fronts, that get us down to the 40's....then two days later, it can start out in the 40's and warm up to the 70's. Literally heater at night, and then turn on the AC during the day. Jacks with our humidity too. But if you are aware, it's pretty easy to predict and correct.
those eggs are pretty tough, and resilient, and take temp spikes, or temp lows, same with humidity. the key, is to minimize the occurrence, and frequency.
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that was another thing I wanted to touch on.......this site has tons of folks that are very good at incubating, and tons of information.
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