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I wouldn't use water, but if you use a heat lamp, you could probably hatch chickens. If I did use water though, it would be warm. Not hot, or cold.

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Only if the light is a source of heat. Incubators with wafer heaters need no light to produce heat and are dark inside. This does not effect the viability of the hatch.

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