Temp Question

[redsoxs]

I have a very newbie question. Brand new at incubating. I put 12 room temp (70 degrees) eggs into the incubator today. It had been holding at a steady 99.5 degrees for hours and hours before I added the eggs. I would expect the temp to go down when I took off the lid and added the eggs that were at room temp. The temp climbed steadily and I thought I was good to go but then the temp stopped climbing and seems kind of stalled at 96.5. I put the eggs in 5 hours ago. Should I be worried?

 

[redsoxs]

Disregard above post - it made it to where it is supposed to be and is holding! First hurdle cleared!!

 

[Bill 101]

The reason is that your incubator has to raise the temperature of those eggs to 99.5. As you found out, that takes awhile.