Eggs gone cold, are they okay???

[BirdGirl2004]

I'd be more concerned about the spike than I would about the chill. What have you done to rectify things so you don't get any more temp spikes? And have you calibrated your thermometers against a good medical grade thermometer?

My incubator is the oldest thing on the planet. It's SOOO hard to get the temp and the humidity just right. Mine thermometer has a hygrometer attached also, just bought it so it should be pretty accurate.

 

[Knighstar679]

My incubator is the oldest thing on the planet. It's SOOO hard to get the temp and the humidity just right. Mine thermometer has a hygrometer attached also, just bought it so it should be pretty accurate.

I have three I just brought and they were all at different temps of the same place on my incubator. I went through and made sure to calibrate to find out what was right and wrong and noted the difference on each one. It saves a huge headache trying to remember

 

[lazy gardener]

My incubator is the oldest thing on the planet. It's SOOO hard to get the temp and the humidity just right. Mine thermometer has a hygrometer attached also, just bought it so it should be pretty accurate.

It doesn't matter where you buy your thermometer and hygrometer, what brand they are, when you buy them, or how much you pay for them. If you haven't calibrated you simply CAN'T trust them to be accurate. Even the thermostat/thermometers built into incubators can be far enough off that the eggs will be killed. I can't stress often enough the absolute importance of checking your thermometers for accuracy, then checking all areas in the incubator for warm/cool spots. The time spent doing this can make the difference between a great hatch with healthy, robust chicks, and a poor hatch rate with weak or deformed chicks, or even a failed hatch.

 

[BirdGirl2004]

My incubator is the oldest thing on the planet. It's SOOO hard to get the temp and the humidity just right. Mine thermometer has a hygrometer attached also, just bought it so it should be pretty accurate.

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It doesn't matter where you buy your thermometer and hygrometer, what brand they are, when you buy them, or how much you pay for them. If you haven't calibrated you simply CAN'T trust them to be accurate. Even the thermostat/thermometers built into incubators can be far enough off that the eggs will be killed. I can't stress often enough the absolute importance of checking your thermometers for accuracy, then checking all areas in the incubator for warm/cool spots. The time spent doing this can make the difference between a great hatch with healthy, robust chicks, and a poor hatch rate with weak or deformed chicks, or even a failed hatch.

Alright. Sorry for my ignorance, but how do I "calibrate" the thermometer/hygrometer?? Also, I'm not sure I should keep incubating them, because the humidity got down to 29%!!! Should I start with a new batch??

 

[BirdGirl2004]

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Alright. Sorry for my ignorance, but how do I "calibrate" the thermometer/hygrometer?? Also, I'm not sure I should keep incubating them, because the humidity got down to 29%!!! Should I start with a new batch??

I could always just wait 7 days and candle them... thoughts?

 

[WVduckchick]

Google how to calibrate your meters. Depending on the style you have, there are different options.

Personally, I'd give them another day, as steady as you can keep it, and candle to see how they look.

 

[BirdGirl2004]

Google how to calibrate your meters. Depending on the style you have, there are different options.

Personally, I'd give them another day, as steady as you can keep it, and candle to see how they look.

tomorrow they will only be 4 days old

 

[WVduckchick]

tomorrow they will only be 4 days old

Oops, I forgot you said you had just recently set them.
Depending on the shells, you can sometimes see growth by day 4, but I'd leave them till day 7 at least, unless you can already see a bunch of blood rings.

 

[BirdGirl2004]

Oops, I forgot you said you had just recently set them.
Depending on the shells, you can sometimes see growth by day 4, but I'd leave them till day 7 at least, unless you can already see a bunch of blood rings.

Okay! This old incubator is CONSTANTLY fluctuating, and it's really hard to keep the temp and humidity constant!

 

[Rose Quartz]

Any else want to put in there two-sense??

they should be fine.