temp went down to 98 for a few days will the eggs still hatch?

[Queen of Chickens]

first time incubating chicken eggs,got a thermometer and it's accuracy is 0.5 i read it and it showed to be 98 degrees it was like this until i fixed the temp
will the eggs still hatch? thanks!

 

[Yardmom]

It may have been enough to delay hatch, but not likely to keep them from hatching. Was this the first 2 days of incubation?

 

[WoDia]

Here’s what I do… I don’t trust the incubator readings. The incubator floor will read differently, so I always place thermometers and hygrometers around the incubator at egg level. That way gives me accurate readings. Lower temperature is probably just going to lead to a later hatch date.

 

[Queen of Chickens]

Here’s what I do… I don’t trust the incubator readings. The incubator floor will read differently, so I always place thermometers and hygrometers around the incubator at egg level. That way gives me accurate readings. Lower temperature is probably just going to lead to a later hatch date.

the incubator says it's 0.1 to 0.2 degrees accurate
the thermometer says it's 0.5 to 1 degree accurate
so i kinda trust the incubator more bc of better accuracy but idk....
also the thermometer says it's 101.3 but the incubator says it's 99.5...

 

[Queen of Chickens]

It may have been enough to delay hatch, but not likely to keep them from hatching. Was this the first 2 days of incubation?

yes it was the first 2 days that the temp went down to 98...