Cross your fingers - and hope for the best for me - I want to CRY!!

[arllcountrygirl]

I have a GQF that I use for incubation but on day 18 - I move eggs to a little giant Styrofoam incubator. Well everything was going good.
I have seremas, tophats, cochins, and blue australorps due to hatch. (today is day 18)

I checked the temp and the humidity - everything was a go. Well this was around 10pm - I went on to bed. Well our oldest has been sick and woke me up crying - got up and got her medicine. Well by now I couldn't go back to sleep - went to check on chicks and eggs.
And the thermometer was reading 110

this is at 1:30 am -- I am sooooooo scared I fried my babies

It makes me sick to think about it.

I quickly moved them to the bottom of my gqf bator - I turn it by hand so I don't have to worry about the turning squishing the eggs.
I am afraid that I am too late to save anything.

One egg had peeped but the chick didn't make it - I cooked it

I don't think I can go to bed now.

 

[Mahonri]

O goodness. Here's praying that your sick kid at least saved some.

 

[SangaChicken]

I'm sorry.

If it helps, know that there is no way you could have known this would happen and it isn't your fault!

 

[Cetawin]

Do the best you can...you could not have known this would happen or prevented it...you have to sleep too.

Remember that even feathered moms lose some.

 

[magikchick]

I've had mine shoot up 106 and still hatch out. So there is hope some will hatch.

 

[shortcake1806]

Sending good hatching vibes your way. Hopefully you'll still get a decent hatch.

 

[Scraps]

Hopefully you got them out of there in time. I've
got my fingers crossed for you, I hope everything works
out for the little ones! Sometimes chicks are tougher
than we think...

 

[arllcountrygirl]

Thank you everyone -

 

[arllcountrygirl]

I candled the eggs a few min ago and I do have movement in a few of them - I couldn't tell on the top hats or the blue australorps. I am hoping for at least a couple of the blues, I have always wanted these and it took me a while to find them.

BTW - anyone want to by a still air little giant incubator? I do believe that I am DONE with trying to use it. It is just too touchy.

 

[chickenfanatic]

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man i hatttte the lg's they are garbage. sending good vibes your way that you still get something good.