Forgot to unplug incubator when candling

[donna58]

My GUESS is that the manufacturer doesn't want to be responsible for any electrical or fire hazards, in case you put your hand into the heating element, or set it down on something flammable.

Oh yes that is a possibility good conclusion! Thanks so much

 

[Ridgerunner]

I found this manual. That incubator is manual turning so my guess that unplugging it might have something to do with an automatic turner was wrong. There is no auto turner.

https://manuals.plus/amazon/mini-intelligent-9-egg-incubator-manual.pdf

It clearly says to unplug when opening cover but it sure doesn't say why. I can't see how you could have hurt the eggs. My new guess is that somehow the heater or fan may be affected by opening the cover. As long as the incubator is holding temperature and humidity I don't think you hurt the incubator.

Good luck with the hatch.

 

[Coops Dad]

I have a Nurture Right 360 and we were 7 days into an incubation of 22 eggs when the Blizzard of '20 struck and caused massive rolling blackouts throughout Texas for 5 days. Our electricity would be off for 10 hours, on for 1 hour, off for 15 hours, on for 45 minutes, etc. When power was restored, my first impulse after straightening up the driveway, the woodstove, the leaking irrigation pipes and all that stuff was to chuck all the eggs because, surely, they're dead.

My wife convinced me to let them continue in the incubator for another week and check them for signs of life. We ended up with something like 16 healthy chicks from that hatch. I was amazed.

I think they cope with off and on low temps better than they do temperature spikes.

 

[donna58]

I found this manual. That incubator is manual turning so my guess that unplugging it might have something to do with an automatic turner was wrong. There is no auto turner.

https://manuals.plus/amazon/mini-intelligent-9-egg-incubator-manual.pdf

It clearly says to unplug when opening cover but it sure doesn't say why. I can't see how you could have hurt the eggs. My new guess is that somehow the heater or fan may be affected by opening the cover. As long as the incubator is holding temperature and humidity I don't think you hurt the incubator.

Good luck with the hatch.

Thank you for your help. I feel better knowing I didn’t hurt eggs.

 

[donna58]

I have a Nurture Right 360 and we were 7 days into an incubation of 22 eggs when the Blizzard of '20 struck and caused massive rolling blackouts throughout Texas for 5 days. Our electricity would be off for 10 hours, on for 1 hour, off for 15 hours, on for 45 minutes, etc. When power was restored, my first impulse after straightening up the driveway, the woodstove, the leaking irrigation pipes and all that stuff was to chuck all the eggs because, surely, they're dead.

My wife convinced me to let them continue in the incubator for another week and check them for signs of life. We ended up with something like 16 healthy chicks from that hatch. I was amazed.

I think they cope with off and on low temps better than they do temperature spikes.

Wow what a time of it you had, thanks for input.

 

[MROO]

I have a Nurture Right 360 and we were 7 days into an incubation of 22 eggs when the Blizzard of '20 struck and caused massive rolling blackouts throughout Texas for 5 days. Our electricity would be off for 10 hours, on for 1 hour, off for 15 hours, on for 45 minutes, etc. When power was restored, my first impulse after straightening up the driveway, the woodstove, the leaking irrigation pipes and all that stuff was to chuck all the eggs because, surely, they're dead.

My wife convinced me to let them continue in the incubator for another week and check them for signs of life. We ended up with something like 16 healthy chicks from that hatch. I was amazed.

I think they cope with off and on low temps better than they do temperature spikes.

Hey, I recomember that! Didn't you have to wrap the 'bator in towels or blankets or something to keep the heat in? That was a real mess. We don't generally lose power here in my little corner of Maryland for snowstorms, at least not for long, but our massive thunderstorms wreak havoc on the power grid. Any snow we get quickly turns to nasty, slushy ice. I'll take a good snowstorm over that any day ... just keep those big-uns down in Texas, wouldja please?

 

[Coops Dad]

Yes, I did pile blankets on it when the power was out. There were times it got down to room temp, and room temp was high 40's/low 50's.

Those chickens that came from that hatch are some of our current laying hens and the roosters are some of our past dinners.