Day 15 trouble!

[Poultrykeeper12]

Hello Byc! So I am on day 15 of incubation. But of course some issues happend. While I was gone picking up my chick stuff the incubator must have unplugged. Because when I got home, the humidity was all the way up 75% and the temperature was down to 70F. I think it must have been off for an hour, hour and a half. I am very worried, did I ruin the batch? When I got home I turned it back on, and it's back to normal now, I just don't know if I should keep going now. Any advice is helpful. Thank You!

 

[JaeG]

Definitely keep going. It takes a long time for the egg to cool down enough internally to kill the developing embryos.

 

[Celeste Cannon]

Hello! I'm on day 16 and i'm hatching quail eggs. I had the same issue last week or so, my mom unplugged the incubator on accident for 3 hours, leaving the eggs at 70 degrees for who knows how long. I learned that it's not that big of a deal and that hens in the wild will forget they have eggs to sit on and leave them cold sometimes overnight. Thats good that the humidity stayed high though, that is very important for the eggs right now. So it might effect the eggs, but it shouldn't be too bad since it was a short amount of time and the humidity was high. Hope this helps! Good luck!

 

[Poultrykeeper12]

I just candled them, my two blue eggs are very happy in there. They were moving all around! That gives me hope. Thank you all for your help.

 

[JaeG]

Awesome news.

 

[Celeste Cannon]

Yay!!! So excited for you I’m glad it worked out!