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You shouldn't have the thermometer probe be in contact with an egg as this will throw off the actual air temp. For still air incubators its usually recommended to have the temp set at 101 measured at just above the egg, and 99.5-100 for forced air incubators measured below the egg. The infrared thermometer was how I discovered the temperature difference between an incubating egg and the air temp. I hit 105 before in the bator, but the core temp of the egg was still hovering around 97.5. It helped me to better understand the incubation process. The eggshell is an insulator and will allow fluctuations in temp to not affect the growth process as much. This might help you better understand how temperature affects incubation: http://www.brinsea.com/customerservice/poweroff.html