Help!!

[rrekow]

Hi all! This is my first time incubating turkey eggs. I moved them to a styrofoam still air incubator as my hatcher on day 24. It's day 27 today. When I woke this morning, I discovered the power had been off for at least 3 hrs. So I hoped for the best and went about my day. After returning home from a birthday party, I checked the temp again and it was 108.3!!! That CAN'T be right!? So in a panic I sprayed everybody and turned it down a quarter of a turn. I candeled everyone again and everyone is still moving about. I can't tell if there are any internal pips tho I hate still air incubators. If I didn't have different stage eggs in my bator w/ the turner, I would of left them in there. What do I do?? Hope somebody pips tonight? Ughhh I'm so disappointed! Any help or insight would be appreciated. What would you do? Also, how long does it take for the temp to stabilize in a still air?

Thanks all,
Ricki

 

[rrekow]

Nobody????

 

[WalnutHill]

Is your temp back down to 99-100F? If so, be sure the humidity is up and wait to see what happens.

The low temp you experienced can kill a late stage poult but the greater risk was the high temp spike. Other than providing optimal conditions now, there is nothing you can do to correct for what happened.

Temperature stabilization follows temperature equalization. So you opened the incubator and let hot air out while spraying the eggs, so the air cooled. But the eggs were still hot inside, so as soon as you close the incubator the air temp will go up, even if the thermostat is set lower.

Over time, the heat in the eggs will come down and only then do you have a chance of stabilizing your incubator temperature. I think that disturbing your eggs more at this point is a greater risk than a slower cooling off.

 

[rrekow]

Thanks. I figured that, but had to hear it from someone else. Cross your fingers! :/

 

[WalnutHill]