Lock down question

[tonya1976]

incubator temperature dropped to 97.5. we are on the 20th day. will this harm the chicken eggs or keep them from hatching?

 

[gabrielle1976]

If its forced air it needs to be at 99.5 so it wont kill them its pretty close and some people drop the temp a degree or so when its hatching time , If its still air and needs to be at 101 its a little bit more of a drop , if you can easly udjust it then maybe tweek it a tiny bit but if you have a touchy bator or if you dont have time to sit and whacth it for sevral hours to make sure it dostn spike up I would be inclined to leave it as is.

 

[sumi]

Lower temperatures sometimes delays the hatch a bit, but at this late stage I doubt it will make a difference. Too high a temp will do more damage now. Good luck with the hatch!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Great advice!

I think your fine..... if you want to learn more about temps and viability these are a few good reads!!

http://www.brinsea.com/customerservice/poweroff.html
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/689897/im-incubating-what-do-i-do-if-the-power-goes-out

http://www.aviagenturkeys.com/media/183179/atihe-storagetempchart.pdf