Incubation!

[TheRealTimShady]

i could do that, i cut out the bottom of the lid and put cloth in so it could breathe.

whats done is done, gonna get this first hatch done, then work more kinks out

 

[TheRealTimShady]

low temp 98 degree, high temp of 101 degree

is this to low or high, or will it work

humidity steady at about 43-46%

 

[Fat Daddy]

Sounds like mine. As long as it's not staying at one end or the other for hrs at a time, I think your good to go... Bill

 

[TheRealTimShady]

yea it lowers then goes back up, then back down then back up

i did check it just now when i got home and it was at 96.5 degree, but then it went back up to 101, now lowering again

i think it'll be alright, it never stays high for long and i'd rather it be LOW then to high

 

[_Randall_]

A little trick that may ease your mind..... Get 2 of the smallest ziplock bags you can find (some mfgs. make a "snack" size ziplock, which is pretty small), fill them about half full of water (make sure they are sealed and not leaking), lay one on top of the other in the bator in a centralized area, let them stay in there for several hours so the water will get as warm as your bator is cookin, quickly open the bator, and slide a "human" thermometer between the "water sandwich" bags, let it stay for about 5 minutes, and check the temp. What your thermometer reads is pretty much gonna be what the inside of that egg's temp is. That's what matters. The up-and-down of air temperature inside the bator will have you wearing the thermostat knob out if you let it. If you play your cards right, you can use 1 ziplock bag (with not too much water) , and fold it over to make a sandwich and keep it folded with a clothes pin. My thermometer probe is imbedded in a "water wiggler" all the time. I'm confident this is true egg temperature.

 

[TheRealTimShady]

noted.