HELP! did i kill all my eggs!

[StarStruck203]

Day 4..

i saw somewhere that it said to lay your thermometer on the top of the eggs..

well i did so, and the temperature read at 105!!!

are they all gonna be dead or cooked or something! my incubator is a still air.

any chance..?

 

[Urbanfarmerkc]

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Nope probably not. Mine got up to 110 for at least an hour and all mine hatched out but a few... They were fine and very happy... Just keep going. Candle them tonight and then again in about a week... discard any that haven't progressed... Or just do like me and wait til week 3 and take your chances... I'm lazy though. LOL

Dave

 

[bburn]

before you get too upset you need to find out if your thermometer is correct....

 

[Boya321]

I have read that too...i dont think it will do anything though. i hatched chickens when i was younger and had 3 hatch from my home made incubator, im currently using that same incubator to hatch a new set of eggs and the temp gets up to 112 sometimes...so we will see what happenes

 

[trickys10]

it should be fine i had mine in a still air at 100 and they hatched a couple days late so i think they might just hatch a day early if its been that way for a few days

 

[StarStruck203]

i have two thermometers in the incubator and they are reading very close to each other.

thanks for the hope you guys! that just made me feel so much better!
im slowly adjusting the temp down to 102. prolly wont get to that temp till tomoro.

im only lowering it by a HAIR each time.

ill let everyone know how the hatch goes on the 22nd or 23rd day