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[ramhatch]

Iv had my eggs in the bator for 3 days now. Plugged the turner in and went and got a sandwich. Checked on them 20 mins later and the temp had gone from 99 to 109!

Im going to wait about 5 or 6 days and candle but im bettin there cooked. Thats just my luck For those of you that have never used a turner make sure it is in the bator and running when you go to stabilize. Iv never had this happen before. Has anyone else?

 

[chickintexas]

If it happened in such a short amount of time, I wouldn't worry about it. It takes some time before the internal temp of the egg matches the external temp. I'm betting they'll be just fine.
FWIW-always have everything running a day or two before you set your eggs.

 

[ramhatch]

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I had the bator running for a whole week, just didnt think about the turner heating up

 

[chickintexas]

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I had the bator running for a whole week, just didnt think about the turner heating up

Ohhhh! Your turner added heat to the incubator. Gotcha!
Well, you got me beat. Never run an incubator without an untested thermometer! I made that fatal mistake already in my hatcher and more than half of my eggs didn't make it.

 

[Papa Rooster]

Mine did that then i looked and my incubator top was jarred a little and when i put it back on correctly it went back down to 99.5 degrees and if it was just 20 mins its not gonna hurt at all mine was at 110 for 2 days and when i candled them i had them all alive