Well something told me to check the eggs. Good thing too. The temp had fallen again. !!!!!!! ?????? what I wanted to do is not in the book. One egg was cold to the touch. I checked and it chirped. I quickly layed it on a heating pad and pricked its air space and its breathing fine although i don't know if it will make it. The other 4 are dead and beginning to decompose.. I have one very lonely Fav. that's is healthy and chirping one that might make it from 13 eggs because my one yr. old Genesis hovabator has flipped its lid. The warranty is off now.
I think I will just use a broody or order chicks for awhile my heart is broken. I did ectopses. The chicks were formed but beginning to liquefy.
That looks just like mine, except it has /MAX labeled after the Coleman name. Probably the same thing. I learned a neat tip somewhere, where you line the toilet roll extension piece with foil wrap. Helps get more light through the egg.
I got a Coleman camping flashlight (fairly small, 6 aa batteries) at Walmart for about $20. It works on my very dark Marans eggs. I split a toliet paper roll and cut it down to make a softer end that would snug up to the eggs better. I used electrical tape around it to hold everything in place. It is rated at 240 lumens (I think). There is one with a lower lumen rating for a little less money, but, Hey, I was dealing with Marans eggs.
