Not sure which thermometer to trust.

[Clap p 1]

I just got home from picking up hatching eggs, three hrs to get home. I candled with my phone (real candler will be her Tuesday) to mark what I think is the air sack. Letting them rest for a few hrs. Problem is when I checked incubator which has been on for a few days, the incubator said 100°, the acu rite from Lowe's said 100°, but the egg-o-meter said 101.7°. Every time I have checked it this week, they have been the same temp. Only diff is this morning I sanitized with bleach water and left out the egg turner when I put it back together. Why you ask? The seller gave me more eggs than my incubator can hold with the egg turner in. No it is not forced air and I will turn eggs manually. Maybe switch places of thermometers and see what happens. Maybe I have hot spots. Hummm. Maybe I just needed to talk it out. Any other ideas will be greatly appreciated.
How long should I let eggs rest after picking them up from seller?
Thank you in advance

 

[Sir Eggcellent]

I just got home from picking up hatching eggs, three hrs to get home. I candled with my phone (real candler will be her Tuesday) to mark what I think is the air sack. Letting them rest for a few hrs. Problem is when I checked incubator which has been on for a few days, the incubator said 100°, the acu rite from Lowe's said 100°, but the egg-o-meter said 101.7°. Every time I have checked it this week, they have been the same temp. Only diff is this morning I sanitized with bleach water and left out the egg turner when I put it back together. Why you ask? The seller gave me more eggs than my incubator can hold with the egg turner in. No it is not forced air and I will turn eggs manually. Maybe switch places of thermometers and see what happens. Maybe I have hot spots. Hummm. Maybe I just needed to talk it out. Any other ideas will be greatly appreciated.
How long should I let eggs rest after picking them up from seller?
Thank you in advance

Definitely make certain that all your thermometers are at the same (egg) level in the incubator - a still-air incubator can vary by several degrees from the top to the bottom of the egg. You may have to adjust it now that they are not as close to the heating element as they were when in the turner.

 

[Punkybrewster]

Is your extra thermometers sitting level to where the top of the eggs would be or on the floor of the incubator? Needs to be level with top of the eggs. Thats where you will get the accurate temp.

 

[Clap p 1]

Both of you have great ideas. Both thermometers are on level where eggs will be. I switched the two that are movable and they all three read 100° now. Great ideas though, I haven't thought of that just put them in the right place by accident.
Now, how long should I let them sit? The full 12 hours as if they were shipped or just 3 or 4 since I picked them up.

 

[MGG]

Both of you have great ideas. Both thermometers are on level where eggs will be. I switched the two that are movable and they all three read 100° now. Great ideas though, I haven't thought of that just put them in the right place by accident.
Now, how long should I let them sit? The full 12 hours as if they were shipped or just 3 or 4 since I picked them up.

I would put them in now. Also, if you have a still air incubator your temperature needs to be 102°, which I don't think was mentioned. Otherwise you'll lose some and you'll have a late hatch. 100° is too low. What is your humidity at?

 

[Clap p 1]

I would put them in now. Also, if you have a still air incubator your temperature needs to be 102°, which I don't think was mentioned. Otherwise you'll lose some and you'll have a late hatch. 100° is too low. What is your humidity at?

Thank you. I didn't think anyone was going to answer. I talked to my husband , who knows less than i do, but together we compromis ed at 4 hr and put them in. Temp has been staying at 100° by the incubator thermometer and by the egg in the middle of the real eggs. The kind with a fake egg with the thermometer unit inside the egg and monitor out side the incubator. I thought that would give accurate temp of eggs. It did go up to 100.6° but then back down. I'm thinking the incubator gauge is not as sensitive so I get fluctuations of less than a degree.
Anyway back to temp setting, I will try to get it up to 101° but am concerned about 102°.
Oh almost forgot humidity. It is 38% but is going to rain tomorrow and ambient humidity should go up. Hmm temp and humidity are inversely proportional so as humidity goes up, temp goes down but the incubator should adapte. Will that low of humidity hurt them?
Thank you again for the help. I've raised dairy goats show rabbits and now chickens. Didn't expect this to be as stressful. Fooled me.

 

[Clap p 1]

I would put them in now. Also, if you have a still air incubator your temperature needs to be 102°, which I don't think was mentioned. Otherwise you'll lose some and you'll have a late hatch. 100° is too low. What is your humidity at?

MGG, when it is time to lower the eggs in the jenel

I would put them in now. Also, if you have a still air incubator your temperature needs to be 102°, which I don't think was mentioned. Otherwise you'll lose some and you'll have a late hatch. 100° is too low. What is your humidity at?

MGG, at 18 days in the Jenelle do I have to manually lower temperature of does lowering the eggs and raising the humidity lower the temp enough?

 

[MGG]

MGG, when it is time to lower the eggs in the jenel

MGG, at 18 days in the Jenelle do I have to manually lower temperature of does lowering the eggs and raising the humidity lower the temp enough?

Sorry I haven't been on much recently. If you're using the Janoel 12 you don't need to lower temp, 99.5 is fine. Raise the humidity to 65-75%.

 

[Clap p 1]

Sorry I haven't been on much recently. If you're using the Janoel 12 you don't need to lower temp, 99.5 is fine. Raise the humidity to 65-75%.

Thank you