HELP!!!!!!!!!!! - Incu-Hope Batch

[Clucklandia]

Hello!!! PLEASE help! I moved my eggs to the lockdown rack in my incubator, but it's much colder down there! It's only 90 Degrees (Fahrenheit)!!! Is this ok? Will they die?? I'm trying to warm it up! PLEASE HELP!

Please watch: Incu-Hope Thread
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/incu-hope.1231821/

Here's my Incuabtor
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/new-incubator-d.1230658/

 

[Unexpected chicken lover]

Try wrapping a blanket or towel around it to stabilize temperature, also a bottle of water works to hold it steady...not sure if it will kill them, hopefully they will just hatch late....just try to get that temp up to at least 99

 

[Clucklandia]

Try wrapping a blanket or towel around it to stabilize temperature, also a bottle of water works to hold it steady...not sure if it will kill them, hopefully they will just hatch late....just try to get that temp up to at least 99

Thanks. I have towels on it. This was a custom built incubator. The heat source is at top. So it gets colder as you go down. Iv'e been panicking ALL morning!

 

[Unexpected chicken lover]

Thanks. I have towels on it. This was a custom built incubator. The heat source is at top. So it gets colder as you go down. Iv'e been panicking ALL morning!

I understand the panic...mine dropped too but i got it stable n had a great hatch...just do ur best to get it back up and hopefully, if anything, the outcome will be delayed although depending on the time it was down, that might not even happen...good luck and happy hatching!!!

 

[Clucklandia]

I understand the panic...mine dropped too but i got it stable n had a great hatch...just do ur best to get it back up and hopefully, if anything, the outcome will be delayed although depending on the time it was down, that might not even happen...good luck and happy hatching!!!

Thanks!

 

[Ruralhideaway]

I don't know that wrapping a plywood bator would matter much really.

 

[Unexpected chicken lover]

I don't know that wrapping a plywood bator would matter much really.

I was just trying to think of anything that would help and wrapping is better than nothing

 

[Ruralhideaway]

I was just trying to think of anything that would help and wrapping is better than nothing

Oh I agree, I just don't think that'll gain 10 degrees in plywood that far down. I could be wrong though.

This incubator doesn't have a thermostat.

 

[Clucklandia]

Oh I agree, I just don't think that'll gain 10 degrees in plywood that far down. I could be wrong though.

This incubator doesn't have a thermostat.

Yes, do wooden incubators, plastic, and foam Incubators have a big difference? Iv'e been wondering.

 

[Unexpected chicken lover]

No thermostat whatsoever?!?
We r talking homemade right?
Maybe strofoam or tinfoil will help better for the cracks or edges in the wood. Or the op could caulk the outside edges.. Anything might help. We know temperature is paramount for hatching

Oh I agree, I just don't think that'll gain 10 degrees in plywood that far down. I could be wrong though.

This incubator doesn't have a thermostat.