Thank you! I will keep an eye on the air cells.Swings in temps are not bad just don't let it get more then a few degrees and the central temp is 99-100. when you add the water the temp will be a lot different then without water so stabilize the humidity and temps at the same time before adding eggs. when you add eggs the temp will drop until the eggs temps rise to the bator temps so don't play with the temps until 2 days after adding the eggs. I just crack the lid a little during the first day or so if it gets to hot. Please get a hygrometer and test it then use it! the humidity can either drown a egg or dry them out. One good trick for new incubation person is to take one egg and with a pencil or marker draw the air sack. then every 3-5 days draw the air sack again on the egg. it should be slowly getting larger but not so fast that 1/2 the egg is air by hatch time and not so slow that there is not enough air sack for the chick to hatch.
The humidity is the trick to incubation..... due to the fact that the humidity in the air/room as well as in the bator affects the hatch.
Yes I know... But this is the first time in 9 years I've had weekends off and it was not my choice... I'd rather have the 10hr days and more days off but I did not get that this time
Jennifer
