Still Air Temp

[BerrytangleFarm]

Okay, still air experts....I have the eggs in cutdown egg cartons and normally will prop the thermometer on the egg cartons to monitor at the egg level. This time I have too many eggs and there's no way to prop it up, so it's on the wire bottom. I was figuring 99-100 on the floor to compensate for the eggs being in the cartons......correct or not????

 

[jm93030]

I belive that inside the incubator the lower you put the thermometer the colder it is

I dont have a still air but in mine when lockdown is here and I put the thermometer on the wire it always reads 1.5 to 2 degrees lower

It may be the same for still air

if you are reading 100 on the wire it may be 102 on the eggs


also for hatching 99 or 100 is not critical anymore but humidity is the most important part

98 -99 is good

infact some people recomends to lower the temperature 2 degrees during hatching


hope this helps

 

[Ridgerunner]

For a still air, the temperature at the top of the eggs needs ot be 101.5 degrees Fahrenheit. Measuring anywhere else is a guess.

Hot air rises. In a still air, you do not have a fan stirring it up.

 

[rebelcowboysnb]

It would be hard to guess what the temp should be at the rack level being as the room temp would effect the offset. You would have to run a test to see. I have to ask how you plan to incubate in cartons in a still air incubator? Tilting is bad in a still air incubator..

 

[pkw]

I have a still air incubator and I my incubator runs between 100.9 and 102.3.