Where do you put thermometer? Should the ggs be close or apart?

[leecey411]

I just took the eggs out of the turner and placed them on a grip liner in the hovabator.
Where do I put the thermometer now? I put it on top of some eggs , just as when the eggs were in the turner. But this is temporary as the eggs will start to move.
Now the eggs are lower down in the bator, I also have 2 oven thermometers with probes in there set about egg height. Does this seem right?
Should I be at 99.5 or 100?

Should I place the eggs close like in a nest or apart?

Nervous mom awaiting replies

 

[silkiechicken]

Around either of those temps will be fine. 99.5 if you have a fan and 101.5 if you are doing still air. Important part is temps in the egg are 99.5 deg or there abouts. Good luck!

 

[Katy]

I usually set mine a bit apart, but once you've got any hatched they start bumping into them and moving them around pretty good.