What would the heat be, generated from an egg close to hatch? My thermometers are all around 37,5 in the incubator right now, but the check-up is at 37,8. I was wondering why since he usually gives the same reading as the others. But now I see it is touching one of the eggs. Is the egg generating the extra heat?
Yes as the chicks develop they generate their own heat. It's actually quite interesting because in a hatchery setting where they have thousands of eggs incubating, at some point during incubation they actually switch to a fan system only, to cool the incubation room because the eggs begin producing so much of their own heat. It's pretty cool.