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I don't worry as long as it's within .5 of a degree one way or the other. I would just wait an hour or two to see if it comes back up to 99.5 as it may drift between the two and that's okay.

Thank you! It was a find on Marketplace. I do staggered hatches but always have minimally 5 days in between them, and for the reasons @NatJ said. Without having a second incubator, this would get tricky as you'd have some eggs in back-to-back lockdowns.

Yes, I do lockdown in one of two incubators. That's the one with no rack, no turner, and the shelf liner in it. That's in there just until they all hatch, then I shake it out and toss it in the washing machine. On the right I have 3 different batches of eggs. I set them no closer than 5...

Lock down for the vast majority of chicken eggs is 3 days prior to hatch so Day 18. I do it one or two days sooner as I've had early hatchers (silkies). When I used the NR360, it automatically turns the turner off. I took that white turning rack out. Then I put down the rubber shelf liner...

They are great! I cut several to fit the incubators, then when dirty, just toss them in the washer. I let them air dry as that doesn't take long. The incubator doesn't get so dirty either.

Splayed legs can be genetic, but the most common causes are slippery surfaces the chicks walk on their first days, or assisted hatches. Thus, I always use the rubbery shelf liner for the lockdown incubator, paper towels in the brooder for the first few days then horse bedding pellets.