Quote: Took me a while to hold the thread still enough to seebut I think there's air movement, however, like I said the air below the turner is a degree or two lower than at egg level.
The first time I used the probe thermomoter, I thought it was because I over loaded the incubator and eggs blocked the air from getting down there. The second time, I filled the turner with only 41 eggs (egg hole by motor blocked). When I had enough infertile/quitters to open up the middle (thinking that would help with the air flow), if the probe fell into an empty hole the thermomoter would show 98 or 97 degrees. Is that a small enough degree variance to keep doing what I've been doing (first hatch of the year was also my best 27 out of 37 the next two hatches had a chick with unabsorbed yolks that contaminated the rest of the eggs with yolk). I'm trying to keep the temperature at 99 - 100 but be not concerned if it registered for a short while a degree above or below those two. The easy to read thermomoter (probe with digital readout outside the incubator) just tells me temperature while another thermomoter I usually have in the incubator at the same time time tells temperature and humidity but I usually have to open the incubator to read the temp and it will also tell me high/low. Usually that one says 100 on all three points (high/low/current).
I could try turning it back to flow downward but I thought I had read on the thread last year that this way was better. I could also try putting the plug in the hole to see if if that changes temperatures any .Right now I'm holding steady (in a A/C house-hubby couldn't stand the humidity anymore so I had to tweek a little) at 99-100 at egg level. Probe hasn't fallen under yet (I just started these eggs yesterday morning) to know if the A/C is affecting temp. below the eggs.
CG
