Do I give up? 1 DIS 48 hours ago, nothing since. :(

[RareBreedFancier]

Here is the situation:

Temps have been unstable due to the weather, day temps 90's to 109f the last week of incubation and the whole lockdown. 'Bator temp up to 104f

Humidity has been swinging wildly from low 20's to mid 90's outside so keeping it stable in the 'bator has been nigh on impossible.

Box the 'bator was on was accidentally kicked by someone and sent eggs crashing around.

1 piped before being crashed around, started zipping 25 hours later, was dead 30 min after that. STILL kicking myself over that!

Lost power for 2 hours when it finally cooled down a bit and 'bator dropped to barely 95f.

Nearly 48 hours since it died, nothing happening in the 'bator, no pips, no peeps.

I want to look at them but have nowhere to candle in daylight hours.

It's into day 23, do I wait longer or concede? I was only sure of 1 or 2 before lockdown but locked down 5 I thought were worth a shot.

 

[poultryrox11]

Tough situation. If I were you, I'd try a little longer, see how everything turns out. Hope it all works out.

 

[RareBreedFancier]

Well I managed to get the room dark enough to candle.

The two eggs I was dubious about were no goes. Stinkers in fact. Didn't break them but a stiff was enough to tell me not too.

The one I knew had been alive but looked like it might have passed at lockdown had.

The one I KNEW I'd seen rocking was DIS, perfectly formed, yolk absorbed, never piped.

I was tempted to help it when the other one died but as it hadn't piped I thought I should just see how it went. Now I know.

I will chalk this hatch up to experience.

The Hover-Bator seemed to have much more trouble staying stable temp in the heat wave than the Bellsouth. In future I will keep this in mind.

I think I'll leave the one developing shipped egg in the Bellsouth for lockdown in 2 days. It seems happy there.