Checking temp in incubator

[chickensarenew]

I have a farm innovator model 2450. I set it up yesterday so I can make sure my temps are good. I have an accurite weather station to monitor the temp and humidity in the bator. Now my question is do I go off the temp I get on top of the turner or on the floor for an accurite reading. On top of the turner it says 99 f while the digital display on the bator is at 100.5 on the floor beside the turner it say 95F. Which temp would you go by?

 

[R2elk]

I have a farm innovator model 2450. I set it up yesterday so I can make sure my temps are good. I have an accurite weather station to monitor the temp and humidity in the bator. Now my question is do I go off the temp I get on top of the turner or on the floor for an accurite reading. On top of the turner it says 99 f while the digital display on the bator is at 100.5 on the floor beside the turner it say 95F. Which temp would you go by?

If your incubator is a still air incubator, the temperature should be measured even with the top of the eggs.

If it is a forced air incubator the temperature should be measured in the air flow.

Before I went by any of the temperatures, I would make sure that the thermometer is reading correctly.

 

[chickensarenew]

If your incubator is a still air incubator, the temperature should be measured even with the top of the eggs.

If it is a forced air incubator the temperature should be measured in the air flow.

Before I went by any of the temperatures, I would make sure that the thermometer is reading correctly.

Its a forced air incubator, what do you mean by the air flow? Do you mean the whole incubator should be at the same temperature?

 

[GotCoop]

Just to make sure I got it. The same thermometer reads 99 at the turner and 95 on the floor, when the incubator reads 101.5. As R2elk replied make sure the thermometer is accurate first. Forced air incubators make the temp more consistent throughout...but not exactly the same. When I use a temperature controller with my forced air incubators I always put the probe at egg level...that's whats getting cooked.

 

[chickensarenew]

I will get another thermometer and check the temp, so much easier with my little brinsea it was a set in and forget it kind of unit.

 

[paneubert]

To keep it simple, you want to use the temperature at the level that the top of the eggs are going to be at. More accurately and more complicatedly, would probably be most useful to have the temp read somewhere just below the top of the eggs. Mathematically probably something like halfway down the egg since the "hot" top versus the "cool" bottom will average out. I always tried to measure as close to the flat surface of the turner (so next to the egg cups) as I could since that is sort of midway between where the top of the egg versus the bottom of the egg would be.

 

[aart]

Test your thermometers and hygrometers before every hatch.
This works well for me, and the most accurate IMO:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...incubator-thermometers-and-hygrometers.73634/