Day 19 temp hike :(

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i just woke up to check my bator and eggs..the temp was 104!!! oh no!!! i dont know how long it was that high!!! is there any hope?? i have 50 eggs in there!!! i got it down to 100 now.
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It depends on how long it was that high. If it was long enough for the internal temp of the egg to get up to 104 then there's a good chance you lost them
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However, if the temp wasn't up that high for very long you're probably fine. I would just leave them in the bator until day 24 and 25 and see what happens. They're so close to hatch day I don't think I'd bring them out of lockdown to candle... I'd just wait them out and see if any of the little babies pop out in the next coupld of days.
 
Our last hatch, we had a spike to 104 on day 17 in the LG forced air bator, and I was really worried, too. I thought, well crap, we cooked 'em at the last minute. But nope, we had a better than 50% hatch so I'm calling it successful!
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I had a temperature spike on Sunday. It had dropped to around 90 and then I turned it up too much and it was like 110. Of course I scrambled to correct it right away, but I had to go to a riding lesson and couldn't stick around. They look like they've still grown today, so I'm thinking things are still all good! This is my first attempt at incubating, so I sure hope they're ok!

I think you might be just fine. Maybe a few fatalities, but probably not too many.
 

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