Temperature Readings and Power Outages

[latebloomer]

hi.

i'm worried.

i have a hovabator 1602N, set it up
got it to 100 without eggs while my
bbs orpington eggs which came in the mail were resting
this was measured with a digital t/h unit
resting on the wire cage bottom of the unit

once the eggs went in the temperature on
the same unit in the same place was stuck at 96.4
it never went higher

i should say that the thermometer resting
on the eggs is right at or around 100F

should the digital t/h be raised the way a regular
thermometer is, at egg level?

can i set it on the eggs?

what about on a stone or cork?

i have a third small thermometer in the house
one that's set up for a jacket pull,
it has a tiny compass built into it.
can i stick that in the h-bator,
or will the compass make things
go kerfluie?

also, the power went out last night
i covered the h-bator with jackets and
blankets, but the temperature went down
ten degrees.

am i already sunk on this hatch?

ugh.

 

[LC orps]

no keep going might have a little smaller hatch rate but the same thing happendto me last year a i still got 9 out of 12

 

[rebelcowboysnb]

The thermometer may be reading air coming in a vent. Yes you can put it on the eggs. Power outages are not anything to worry about as long as that not days long. Do not wrap the incubator trying to keep heat in. Many resources actually say to open it an let them cool down quicker. Hot egg develop, cold eggs go in suspend mode, eggs that are warm but not warm enough keep developing but not correctly.

You should still be fine.