help with incubator temp.

[brewyn]

Hi, I'm running a ecostat eco hatch with a pc fan to circulate the air. now I am setting this up to incubate a mixture of duck and quail eggs all to be put in on the same day.

I currently incubate chinese painted quails in another incubator but I only achieved this with trial and error as I didn't do well until I fitted the pc fans and then all of a sudden "BOOM" they were hatching left right and centre.

I currently have 3 digital thermometers on the echo hatch while setting up, and all 3 are showing slightly different readings, 2 of the thermometers are hygiplas, both situated next to each other, one showing 99'3F and the other showing 100.6F.
The 3rd thermometer is a ATP, and that is reading 99'1 F.

now if you guys were testing with these results what would you do?? I mean I presume the air should be the same temp throughout the incubator due to the fan, so the thermometers cant be accurate.

sorry for the long winded question but I'm wanting to get as near as possible to best conditions.

cheers.

:~)

 

[flewdacoop]

are any of them by the fans and if so witch one and what temp is it reading

 

[brewyn]

are any of them by the fans and if so witch one and what temp is it reading

The ATP is pushed through a hole in the lid and touches the egg tray, the other 2 are pushed through the side, I wouldn't say that any are overly close to the fan, also the fan draws the air up towards the lid, and doesn't, and wont blow directly onto the eggs.

all 3 of the thermometers are the probe type for testing meat and food.

 

[brewyn]

just checked today and if I raise the thermometer an inch the reading rises to needed temp, wonder if the thermometer is reading colder when lower down because of the water just below the egg tray. would this lower temp at the bottom of the egg and higher temp at the top of egg have any ill affect on the developing embryo???

would I be wise to change the fan so it blows the rising warm air back towards the eggs??

cheers.