Day 20 incubator came unplugged. Eggs temp dropped for several hours!!

[SallyR]

Thank you! I thought so too. I haven't hatched for years and never gotting them through the mail and I am pleased!

 

[GotChicken?]

Glad to hear some of your babies have hatched. I also had a problem with my homemade hatcher which caused the temps to drop on my eggs, but after transferring them back to my incubator I had one of them hatch last night. So hard to be patient so close to the end, but it's worth it.

 

[SallyR]

Thanks! I agree especially on day 20 to find out that the temp. was so for several hours! I am so glad I posted, because I thought they were doomed! And to have so many hatch was so exciting!!

 

[jimma207]

I am on day 21 now, I have one chick and 3 pips. 1 doing nothing. I had the same thing. everything was great all along, then the day before hatch I woke up and the temp was 77. I couldnt do anything about it because I had to leave for the day(long day) I was afraid if I turned up the dial I would come home to high temps. I left it and the temp was still only 98 when I got home. I was finally able to get it back up then. I am hoping to have at least 4 chicks in the bator in the morning. I started with 6 serama eggs, one I think was infertile, and the other 5 made it so far. good luck with your hatch......

 

[SallyR]

I heard with Serama's they are hard to hatch as it is. Sounds like you are doing pretty well considering? ) We are so careful to do everything right to hatch them. They I was thinking after the problem and thought the hens get off and leave them for a while so I guess temp. fluctuation isn't that bad. But hours I would have thought would have been not so good??
Good luck with your babes!