I think I cooked 14 guinea eggs in lockdown

[Redhead Rae]

I have 14 guinea eggs that are supposed to hatch tomorrow. I moved them to the hatch incubator last night and refilled the water dish I use for humidity. I just went to see if any had hatched early and/or how many pipped eggs I had. When I opened the bator the air that came up out of it was hot and dry. I looked at the extra temperature gage and it read 110 degrees. I then realized my temperature gage had gone down into my water dish, so it wasn’t getting a correct reading. I candled about half the eggs and I saw no movement. It’s been about 24 hours since I moved them in there. I think there is no point trying to see if they hatch at this point, right?

I’m really beat up about this. I was just going to sell the keets once they hatched but it makes me sad that so many promising eggs are most likely dead now.

 

[nao57]

Don't give up. Keep trying.

It takes time to get it right.

If you want you could practice on some normal chicken eggs for awhile. I think also what happened to you is happening to a lot of us. But you shouldn't quit.

You could practice on something like chicken eggs because they are easy to get and cheap. And then after doing it a few times do more expensive eggs like for ducks or guineas.

(And you can give away the chicks you hatched on practice runs to people in need. (Or keep them.))

 

[Redhead Rae]

I’ve hatched over 100 birds this year. By far from my first rodeo. This is just the first time I’ve done this bit of stupidity.

 

[nao57]

I’ve hatched over 100 birds this year. By f

Amazing! Maybe you can post more about your experiences!

 

[Redhead Rae]

I’ll think about writing up something. I’m mainly looking for confirmation that these eggs are goners.

 

[Khaki mama]

Don't give up, and keep candling. Give them a few more days.

 

[Kiraeh]

That sucks! A temp spike like that is my biggest anxiety, I'm sorry that happened to you.
My best addition to my incubator was a simple indoor/outdoor weather monitor. You can set a high/low temperature alarm on it, its great as a backup in case something goes wrong with your sensor.
You don't always see much movement that late, I'd give em another 24hr just in case... But without getting hopes up.

 

[Redhead Rae]

That sucks! A temp spike like that is my biggest anxiety, I'm sorry that happened to you.
My best addition to my incubator was a simple indoor/outdoor weather monitor. You can set a high/low temperature alarm on it, its great as a backup in case something goes wrong with your sensor.
You don't always see much movement that late, I'd give em another 24hr just in case... But without getting hopes up.

My guinea eggs are pretty transparent. There were a couple that were internally pipped last night that now are not moving at all. I don’t know how I would fix my temp probe on my lockdown bator without just letting it dry out. I would get an alarm but I can’t hear most of them as I’m high pitched deaf. I also keep the lockdown bator in our spare bedroom because I hate how hatching chicks smell and I want to keep the out of sight out of mind of my 4 year old who likes to torment the chicks/keets if I’m not watching.

 

[nao57]

I’ll think about writing up something. I’m mainly looking for confirmation that these eggs are goners.

I agree with the guy above that you should still give it a go and finish them out.

This is because people often have thought they cooked their eggs and somehow a few survived.

However, generally people will say this when the temperature doesn't go over 105. And supposedly that should kill them. But people have stated many times on this forum that their incubators temperatures went up to 104, and 105 a few hours, and somehow they still had some survive.

(I can't say I'm one of these people. But I do wish you luck.)