Bator temp was 107. I am unbelievably sad.

[WriterofWords]

I had a several hour spike of 110 and had a few hatch, don't give up.

 

[Mrs MIA]

Definitely... don't give up on them... it happens. Heck, eggs probably hatch under a hen in AZ at 115°F... just be patient and wait and see.

 

[MissPrissy]

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Yes, I do. As long as possible before setting eggs. With an initial set up I fill it with mason jars of warm water inside. When a hatch finishes I wash with hot soapy water, soak in a dilution of bleach and water, rinse with clean water, sit in the sun several hours before bring it in and putting everything back together and setting the next hatch.

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Yes - but I am currently using my 1588's and they don't have wafers.

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My bators are in an upstairs room off limits to everyone but grown ups. It is my infant sons bedroom but he doesn't sleep upstairs currently as I can't hear him up there in this old thick walled house.

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The temps in my bator room are fairly stable around the clock. I have never noticed a drop in bator temps using the 1588's even when there is snow outside.

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This is why I have so many bators! 3 homemade and 3 1588's.

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As I said above mine are in a closed off room with stable temps.

 

[wulimomma]

Best of luck to you both. Mine are toast, the blood vessels are all gone and I opened one up - dead.

I am going to clean out the hatcher for the Faveroles due in 2 weeks, so far looks like 6 of nine are going but am not so great at early candling, may be more!

 

[Davaroo]

Sorry to hear that. It's heart wrenching when you learn that truth - made all the more poignant for all your hard work to bring them along.

May I suggest you clean the bator, take a deep breath and then keep it runing until the Faverolles arrive? Use water filled bottles to load the chamber and monitr that bator.
Now is the time to experiment and test different site locations until you get it to remain stable.

 

[Their Other Mother]

Mrs. AK-Bird-Brain :

Definitely... don't give up on them... it happens. Heck, eggs probably hatch under a hen in AZ at 115°F... just be patient and wait and see.

I don't know of too many hens that set when it's 115. They usually set earlier in the season here, March & April while the weather is still nice out. I've thought about trying to just set a batch of fertile eggs out in a basket when it is consistantly over 100 just to see what would happen. Except the temp drops so much at night, sometimes up to 20 degrees, I don't think it would really work.

Usually I get chicks for Easter but this year it came so early none of the feed stores around here had any. Had to wait a few weeks.

I took 3 eggs out of the bator that were smelly, the rest seem to be doing OK. It dosen't smell anymore! Will candle again next week.

Thanks for the encouragment!​

 

[Mrs MIA]

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I don't know of too many hens that set when it's 115. They usually set earlier in the season here, March & April while the weather is still nice out. I've thought about trying to just set a batch of fertile eggs out in a basket when it is consistantly over 100 just to see what would happen. Except the temp drops so much at night, sometimes up to 20 degrees, I don't think it would really work.

Usually I get chicks for Easter but this year it came so early none of the feed stores around here had any. Had to wait a few weeks.

I took 3 eggs out of the bator that were smelly, the rest seem to be doing OK. It dosen't smell anymore! Will candle again next week.

Thanks for the encouragment!

I always wondered about that...

You're probably right. So different... we don't get our first chicks until April, and even then they're really getting into full swing just now.
I guess it all depends on how long the eggs stayed at 110F.