Ok so I have 6 eggs in my incubator. I've been incubating for 5 days. The first 2 days I didn't have an incubator and used a heat lamp and I accidentally over heated them. Well I candled them tonight and I didn't see any veins or dark spots. Should I just stop incubating them? Do you think they'll hatch?
You have nothing to lose by incubating them 5 more days. In 5 more days you really should see veins or they aren't viable.
also Not sure how high u went with the temps..... We have a summary of our incubating hatching thread here... https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/hatching-eggs-101 But this is a paste from it in regards to temps..... go to the link, ignore the title, there is some good info in there! Fingers crossed! http://www.brinsea.com/customerservice/poweroff.html What If the Power Goes Off? A number of conclusions from this data which have practical implications: 1. Cooling eggs for short periods, say 30 to 40 minutes, on a regular basis (say once every 24 hours) at any stage during incubation has no detrimental effect and is probably of benefit. 2. If eggs are likely to be cooled for longer periods (more than 2 hours) the way they should be treated depends upon their state of development. If the eggs are newly set the best plan is to cool them fairly quickly down to 5 - 20°C (41 - 68°F) and hold them in this range - put them in the fridge! It may also be best to treat eggs this way up to about the 14th day, although greater losses must be expected if severe cooling occurs later in incubation. If power loss occurs when the eggs are near hatching, incubator temperature is less critical, but severe chilling will cause mortalities. It is preferable therefore, to take reasonable steps to limit heat loss by keeping the incubator shut and raising the temperature of the room if possible. The metabolic heat from the embryos will keep them warm for quite a long time. 3. Avoid maintaining eggs in early stages of incubation for long periods of time in the ‘zone of disproportionate development’ (27 - 35°C/80.6 - 95°F). This will result in a large number of deaths and abnormalities. 4. Avoid subjecting the eggs to over-temperature at any time but particularly in the early days of incubation. Remember that incubator thermometer readings will not be the same as embryo temperatures when cooling or heating occurs. The eggs will lag behind the air temperature. For example, cooling hens eggs by taking them out of the incubator into a room at 20°C/68°F for 30-40 minutes is likely to cool the internal egg temperature by only 3 - 5°C (7 - 10°F). Eggs smaller or larger than hens eggs will react quicker or slower accordingly.
