incubator too hot

[fur-mum]

My incubator went on the fritz and the temp got to 117F! Are my babies cooked?

 

[PD-Riverman]

My incubator went on the fritz and the temp got to 117F! Are my babies cooked?

If it stayed at that temp a good while-----probably-----but I would monitor them for a few days before throwing them out----did you get the incubtoator fixed? What went wrong with it? Is it a factory incubator or home-made?

 

[fur-mum]

Factory incubator but it was borrowed. Temp was good for the first week, but yesterday it started fluctuating a little bit. Then today it got way hot. I have no idea what happened. Unfortunately it went nuts while I was at work. I hope they're not ALL goners.

 

[Kiki]

How did you get the temp back down?

 

[fur-mum]

Took the lid off and let it cool. Then adjusted the thermostat. Was that bad?

 

[Kiki]

Took the lid off and let it cool. Then adjusted the thermostat. Was that bad?

I don't know...
I have never used a bator..
I was just curious....trying to read and soak up as much as possible..that's all.
Sorry..I didn't mean to scare you.

 

[PD-Riverman]

Factory incubator but it was borrowed. Temp was good for the first week, but yesterday it started fluctuating a little bit. Then today it got way hot. I have no idea what happened. Unfortunately it went nuts while I was at work. I hope they're not ALL goners.

When it started fluctuating did you readjust? How much was the temp Fluctuating?

 

[fur-mum]

Sorry..I didn't mean to scare you.

It's ok. This is my first set of hatching eggs and I'm so worried that nobody will survive the learning curve.

 

[fur-mum]

So I know... what's the normal incubation temp range for chicken eggs? I've read 99.5 for a circulated air and 101 for still air incubators as the "best" temp. Does anyone have any luck with higher or lower temps than that?

 

[fur-mum]

When it started fluctuating did you readjust? How much was the temp Fluctuating?

It had been steady at 102 for days but then Monday I came home and it was 105. So we adjusted it. It was stable for hours. But I guess it wasn't set right. Idk.