What Temperature is Needed For Chicks To Hatch

[LovelyBantam]

Title basically says all. What temperature needs to be maintained for eggs to hatch?

Thanks in advance.

 

[7L Farm]

No higher than 100.

 

[LovelyBantam]

So about 97-99℉?

 

[The Chickeneer]

If you have a fan, keep it around the 98-99 neighborhood, but if it's a still air (no fan) keep it at like 100-101. If your'e new to hatching, i suggest you look up the correct humidity and all that stuff. I keep it at 40%-45% the first 18 days, then at lock down I put it up to 60%-70% humidity. I hope this helped. Good luck.

 

[LovelyBantam]

Thanks.

 

[chicks4fun]

If you have a fan, keep it around the 98-99 neighborhood, but if it's a still air (no fan) keep it at like 100-101.

I just read this post and it hit me that I am using a still air incubator---I am on day 16 and it has run at 99.5 the entire time. Does this mean I won't have any chicks next week? How serious is this?
I borrowed the bator and it is a Little Giant and their instructions said 99.5 so I thought I was doing the right thing
---and I thought humidity was my only issue.

 

[The Chickeneer]

lol its not a problem at all. You should have a normal hatch, but without a fan, the heat isnt spread evenly so thats why we turn it up. If its been at 99.5, its pretty much the same as 100. Dont worry, your problem is minimal, i've had the temperature spike to 108 once, with 99% humdity on lockdown and still had a succesful hatch. Plus others have had good hatches when they had power outages during incubation. But it just works better to keep still air a degree or two warmer than forced air, it makes for better hatches.

 

[DanEP]

If you have maintained 99.5 in a lg your doing great, my eco 20 runs at 100 all the time which is a little high for a forced air but works fine they just usally hatch late on day 20 this last time 2 weeks ago we had a power outage so the temp dropped for a few hours. the hatch was a little late day 21 and 22 but still got almost 90% hatch on shipped eggs. you should be fine.

 

[chicks4fun]

lol its not a problem at all. You should have a normal hatch, but without a fan, the heat isnt spread evenly so thats why we turn it up. If its been at 99.5, its pretty much the same as 100. Dont worry, your problem is minimal, i've had the temperature spike to 108 once, with 99% humdity on lockdown and still had a succesful hatch. Plus others have had good hatches when they had power outages during incubation. But it just works better to keep still air a degree or two warmer than forced air, it makes for better hatches.

This is a borrowed incubator and I am afraid to try and fix it now for fear it will jump more than .5 - 1.5 higher.
Thanks and I guess I will leave it alone. I have only had two other hatches and both were with hens.

 

[DanEP]

This is a borrowed incubator and I am afraid to try and fix it now for fear it will jump more than .5 - 1.5 higher.
Thanks and I guess I will leave it alone. I have only had two other hatches and both were with hens.

Yep I know what you mean. MyEco is a little higher than it should be but works fine just hatches maybe 12 hours early if that. It aint broke so I aint fixin it. the worst that could happen is you hatch could be a little late. Just be patient my last hatch took almost 40 hours from 1st pip till last hatch but was fine.
good luck Dan