Blood Rings Everywhere!

[montana74]

I had an incubator go hogwild on me. After 7 days of perfectly documented turning schedule, heat/humidity, everything, I went downstairs and found the incubator at 104. One hundred and FOUR. I immediately moved them to another incubator that I had another clutch in, just in case they could be saved by some miracle, and sure enough, this morning 5 out of 8 had the blood ring.

I am really disgusted; they were doing great. I candled them the night before, and everything was fertile, growing, and perfect. I had to resist the urge to take a hammer to my incubator. That thing has served me well for years. Turkeys, pheasants, chickens, everything.

That clutch was going to be my first round of table birds. :\

Anyway, here's the question: Why do three of them still look like they're okay? Is it possible they survived The Great Incubator Cookout of 2017?

 

[K3nzi3]

It is possible that the three did survive. Sometimes eggs can stand the heat. (Who knew? Lol) I would definitely monitor the eggs more closely now though, just to be sure. But if they do hatch I wouldn't be too suprised. Birds have a habit of surviving the weirdest things. Sorry to hear about the your incubator though. It is a great thing you had a second one on hand.

 

[montana74]

Yeah I've always found it odd how some will survive ridiculous things and others won't even survive the most perfect incubation ever. it's kind of frustrating, to be honest.