Questions on Temp During Lockdown in Still Air Incubator!

[MacCana]

So its day 1 of lock down for my first ever hatch. Started w/ 12 eggs & 10 have made it so far. I went out & got a LG still air incubator from someone for $20. I plan on just using it for a "hatcher" as the process can be messy. They were supposed to be put in last night, but since I took the LG completely apart & cleaned it, the dial had moved from where the woman left it & I have been struggling to get it to the right temperature range for 3 days. I finally got it close enough so I put them in this morning before work. When I got home, one thermometer was reading 70% humidity & 100 degrees. My other thermometer was reading 101.48. So I just BARELY nudged it down bc I wasn't sure if it was too high or not. Seemed like the thing to do until I could find out. And they've been in a Farm Innovators incubator with an auto turner & fan until this point.
So, what I need to know is what should my temp be during lock down in my still air "hatcher" incubator? I know what you should set an incubator on differs slightly from still air to circulated, so I need some help. I'd hate to get them this far along to just kill them. Oh & during the 1/2 hour its taken me to write this post (between phone calls & a 2 yr old who doesn't want to take a nap) the temp has adjusted to a range of 100.4 - 100.76.
Any & all advice appreciated!
Thanks

 

[MacCana]

Come on, I know someone here can help me?

 

[red horse ranch]

So its day 1 of lock down for my first ever hatch. Started w/ 12 eggs & 10 have made it so far. I went out & got a LG still air incubator from someone for $20. I plan on just using it for a "hatcher" as the process can be messy. They were supposed to be put in last night, but since I took the LG completely apart & cleaned it, the dial had moved from where the woman left it & I have been struggling to get it to the right temperature range for 3 days. I finally got it close enough so I put them in this morning before work. When I got home, one thermometer was reading 70% humidity & 100 degrees. My other thermometer was reading 101.48. So I just BARELY nudged it down bc I wasn't sure if it was too high or not. Seemed like the thing to do until I could find out. And they've been in a Farm Innovators incubator with an auto turner & fan until this point.
So, what I need to know is what should my temp be during lock down in my still air "hatcher" incubator? I know what you should set an incubator on differs slightly from still air to circulated, so I need some help. I'd hate to get them this far along to just kill them. Oh & during the 1/2 hour its taken me to write this post (between phone calls & a 2 yr old who doesn't want to take a nap) the temp has adjusted to a range of 100.4 - 100.76.
Any & all advice appreciated!
Thanks

I think the range you have now should be good. I am getting ready to use my old still air incubator for hatching and I have been advised to go 1 degree lower than what is required for incubating. Still air 101 to 102 for incubating. 100 to 101 for hatching.

 

[MacCana]

Now 9 out of 10 have hatched. My dilemma now is egg #10. The most recent of chicks will be completely dry in the next couple of hours. But I still have one egg thats done nothing. Not noticed movement or seen a pip hole. It was alive inside when it went in. Should I remove it and candle it when I remove the other chicks to see if it has died or had an internal pip or should I leave them all in there longer? For at least 2 chicks they've been in there for slightly over 24 hours. The rest are fast approaching. What would you do?

 

[howfunkyisurchicken]

If it still hasn't progressed when its time to move the others, I would candle it and proceed from there depending on what you find. Some are just slower than others. There also tend to be temperature differences in a still air incubator, so if your eggs are on a turner or aren't being moved around to different parts of the bator, they will incubate at different temps which would cause them to hatch at different times.

Good luck!

 

[red horse ranch]

Now 9 out of 10 have hatched. My dilemma now is egg #10. The most recent of chicks will be completely dry in the next couple of hours. But I still have one egg thats done nothing. Not noticed movement or seen a pip hole. It was alive inside when it went in. Should I remove it and candle it when I remove the other chicks to see if it has died or had an internal pip or should I leave them all in there longer? For at least 2 chicks they've been in there for slightly over 24 hours. The rest are fast approaching. What would you do?

I think if They were mine I would start taking chicks out. I usually lay wet kitchen towels around the side of the incubator to get some humidity in the room before opening the incubator. Just open the incubator enough to grab a chick and then shut it again. When you have them all out spray some water into the incubator to get the humidity back up. The egg may still hatch although it can be a day later than others. Occasionally they do die before hatching but I would give it a chance. If it hasn't pipped externally it may not dry out as much even if the humidity drops some.