Am I in the clear, or ruined?

[whytedragon]

I've got 32 eggs incubating that I set on Thursday. Last night it got cold in the house, so I turned on the heater...the lures in the room with the bator are closed, and the fan is on to move the air. Anyway, the temp spiked to 105, for about 20 minutes, then I got it back down again before bed to about 100, then I woke up this morning, up to 103.

I know there might be a chance they'll be fine, but I was wondering if at the 2nd day they are more resiliant to temperature spikes or more vulnerable?

 

[babymakes6]

Do you have a still-air incubator? I would say they will most likely be fine. Good luck!

 

[whytedragon]

I have a forced air incubator.

 

[onthespot]

I say keep on keeping on! It ain't over till the fat lady sings, and she ain't sung yet until an egg starts to stink or is four days overdue.

 

[Mahonri]

Quote:
My thoughts exactly.

 

[Sir Birdaholic]

My bator has gone "spazoid" like that before. The little buggars

are alot tougher than alot of people think.

 

[whytedragon]

Oh I'm going to keep on keeping on! There's no way I'm going to give up until I know for sure they're goners. I just get this gut wrenching feeling that I've done something wrong and I've lost most of them before I even began. I'm getting more Silkie eggs next week, so atleast my percentage should improve.
I feel though like I'm going to have to babysit this incubator the whole way. I've insulated it, and I had the temps perfect, but whenever the house temperature drops or rises..so does the unit. Really frustrating. I just want to be able to leave it alone to do it's thing and not have to watch it so much and adjust temperatures. I think it's time I started thinking of making my own that might be a little more stable.
The one I have now is a cabinet style that I purchased. It looks really fancy, but it's a taller, wooden model, with the heating element up at the top. So the temps are different in every area of the unit...so the turner turns, and the eggs are fluctuated.
I could probably have a more steady temp with a homemade styrafoam unit.

 

[babymakes6]

I actually had one little RIR (I named her Miracle) hatch from a batch that were in temps that ranged from 82-115 degrees! Poor percentage, but I was shocked that any of them made it! They are tougher than we think!