Thank you all for your congratulations! After reading that 50% hatch rate is considered good odd for shipped eggs, you can imagine my surprise when one after one zipped and pipped! It has to be beginner's luck because the temperatures were all wrong twice. Of course the eggs had to rest for a day before setting. Before putting the eggs in the cheap thermal air hovabator, there were huge daytime/nighttime temp swings. After getting advice here I tested my three thermometers for accuracy and used the best one, I put some glass decorating marbles (that's all I had on hand) in the water to act as heat sinks, then wrapped the lower half of the incubator with tinfoil. That fixed the problem. Since there was no fan in there, I kept the temperature of 102F. Thermometer was resting at the same level as the top of the eggs. The eggs were kept close together but not touching, and I turned them 3 times a day as gently as humanly possible. Added water as needed. Temps started to spike as lockdown day approached I had to turn it down, and down, and down, until the temps finally stayed put at 102 degrees. It was SO nerve wracking! Then at lockdown I added a little extra water and a wet washcloth, then just left the eggs alone and kept my eyes on the thermometer. On day 20 I reduced temps to 98, the to 97 when all but 2 were hatched. It took less than 48 hours for them to all hatch.
