New Hatcher requirements

[jgalo]

I have an old beverage display unit I am trying to convert to a hatcher.  is it better to have the heat on the bottom or the top?  Is there a certain cfm that is ideal or how many times it should be able too turn the volume of air over per hour?

[Little Bear Game Farm]

The heat underneath reminds of the story George Strait's drummer tells him about the dancing chicken in "Pure Country."   Hot Feet!

I don't know if it would matter a whole lot as long as you have a fan circulating the air to keep the temp consistent throughout the hatcher and not have any hot spots. 

Others know more than me, though...

[komer]

¨my opinion is that is best to act like a hen on eggs,the heat comes from UP,not bottom...CFM must not be high because will dry the eggs,air must circle,but not on high speed...

[frank_lap_127]

As long as there's a fan that keep a stable temperature in all the incubator (like Komer said, don't take a fan turning too fast, it's only to keep a air movement), that the element isn't too near of the eggs and the humidity pan too, I don't think that the position of the element is a huge problem. But before to place it, think twice...

Frank